Characteristics of growth management in healthcare business: applying and developing the stages of growth service framework

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.1504/ijmed.2022.10044556

M. Muhos, Martti Saarela, Anna-Mari Simunaniemi

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This study aims to clarify the context-specific characteristics of growth management in private healthcare business. The roles of healthcare professional and manager can be conflicting, and it is important to know what practical implications this has on healthcare business growth management. In this multiple case study, we use the growth management framework for general service businesses based on literature synthesis by Muhos et al., 2017) to identify the characteristics and underlying features of management in healthcare business. The data consist of 12 interviews among Finnish healthcare companies. As the main outcome, we present an adapted version of the stages of growth model for healthcare business and identify the contextual characteristics that are related to growth motivation and business competence of entrepreneurs, commitment and competence of employees, public sector relations, and regulation. Further, we adapt some of the original assumptions to better describe growth management in the context of healthcare service business including the conflicting roles of manager and healthcare professional, central of public sector and regulation, as well as growth motivation and business competence of entrepreneurs. These findings provide practical benefits for business owners as the framework assumptions can be used as a checklist when getting prepared for business growth.

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医疗保健企业成长性管理的特点:成长性服务框架的应用与发展阶段

本研究旨在厘清私营医疗保健企业成长管理的情境特征。医疗保健专业人员和管理人员的角色可能相互冲突，了解这对医疗保健业务增长管理的实际影响非常重要。在这个多案例研究中，我们基于Muhos等人(2017)的文献综合，使用一般服务业务的增长管理框架来确定医疗保健业务管理的特征和潜在特征。数据包括对芬兰医疗保健公司的12个访谈。作为主要成果，我们提出了医疗保健业务增长阶段模型的改编版本，并确定了与企业家的增长动机和业务能力、员工的承诺和能力、公共部门关系和监管相关的上下文特征。此外，我们调整了一些原始假设，以更好地描述医疗保健服务业务背景下的增长管理，包括经理和医疗保健专业人员，公共部门和监管中心的相互冲突的角色，以及企业家的增长动机和业务能力。这些发现为企业主提供了实际的好处，因为框架假设可以用作准备业务增长时的清单。

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International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： IJMED is a major international research journal dedicated to business development strategy and entrepreneurship policy as well as management processes in an international and cross-cultural context. IJMED provides a venue for high quality papers including theoretical research articles, evidence-based case studies and practical applications seeking to explore best practice and investigate strategies for rapid growth management in SMEs. IJMED has a history of contributing to the academic literature, providing conceptual and practical insights and generating innovative ideas for organizational enterprise. Topics covered include: -SMEs'' start-up development, corporate venturing- Technological opportunities, new firm creation, valuation- Technological adoption, technology transfer, technopreneurship- Joint ventures/alliances, franchising and corporate ownership- Business incubator development strategy- Economic and social entrepreneurship- Virtual coaching services for SMEs- SMEs and entrepreneurship policy- Start-up cognitions/behaviours- Halo effect, technology licensing- Long-run technology investments- Knowledge management/technology strategy in SMEs- Managing rapid growth, accelerating competitive effectiveness- Strategy decision speed and SME performance- Entrepreneurs in non-profit sector.