Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Level Perspectives on Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Healthcare management, entrepreneurship, and innovation involves multiple actors spanning from individuals to the larger system level. For example, patients, providers, entrepreneurs, managers, scientists, and investors/funders are nested and interconnected in collective partnerships, teams, organizations, communities, and political systems. These relationships are multifaceted and result in layers of complexity as well as a range of opportunities for the stakeholders involved. In healthcare, stakeholders oftentimes have differing goals and the goods/services provided can be less tangible, with credence qualities or with longer time horizons around outcomes, compared to other areas of business management. Tasks are complex and interdependent while co-production among numerous actors from different backgrounds is common. Therefore, a better understanding of the managerial, entrepreneurial, and innovative processes across healthcare can contribute to our research progress, practitioner application, and broader social impact. In this symposium, we will bring together scholars from across disciplines and geography to explain how to advance healthcare innovation and entrepreneurial activity. The papers consider a range of stakeholders, leverage various theoretical and methodological approaches, and focus on multiple levels in healthcare, such as the political economy of a region, venture capital investment across counties, temporary teams in hospitals, business model innovation for firms, and individual entrepreneurial mindsets. Multi-Stakeholder and Multi-Level Perspectives on Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship Author: Alia Crocker; Babson College The Political Economy of Digital Health Equity Author: Jay Shaw; U. of Toronto Author: Wiljeana Jackson Glover; Babson College Exploring Team Composition and Functioning using Additive Manufacturing Technology in Ortho Surgery Author: Daniele Mascia; Luiss U. Shaping Business Models in Healthcare Author: Andrea Funke; Macquarie Business School, Macquarie U. Author: Ralf Wilden; Macquarie Business School, Macquarie U. Author: Siegfried P. Gudergan; Waikato Management School Disentangling a Tight Warp Thread: Entrepreneurial Actors and Factors in the Development of Vaccines Author: Sebastiano Massaro; Surrey Business School Author: Gianni G Lorenzoni; U. of Bologna The Relationship between Venture Capital-Funded Healthcare Service Organizations and County Outcomes Author: Yunwei Gai; Babson College Author: Candida G Brush; Babson College Author: Alia Crocker; Babson College Author: Wiljeana Jackson Glover; Babson College