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标题：Critical Incidents of Growth in Nordic eHealth Service Start-Ups
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作者：Saarela, Martti ; Ortqvist, Daniel ; Simunaniemi, Anna-Mari 等
期刊名称：Management
印刷版ISSN：1854-4223
出版年度：2017
卷号：12
期号：2
页码：115-131
出版社：University of Primorska, Faculty of Management Koper
摘要：Digitalisation can revolutionise healthcare delivery and provide new business opportunities for innovative start-ups. Start-up businesses in the healthcare service sector are a promising source of new employment and innovations. The start-up stage is the most critical period for the survival of a business, as decisions made during the early stages have a definitive influence on success. This study seeks to clarify the early development of eHealth service start-ups. To summarise the research problem, the authors ask the following question: What are the critical incidents related to the early development of eHealth service start-ups? The units of analysis in this study are 14 Nordic eHealth service start-ups located in Sweden and Finland. The Critical Incident Technique (CIT) and semi-structured interviews were applied for data collection. The results are of interest to the public sector, which plays an essential role in healthcare as a service producer, but also as a creator of the business conditions of and opportunities for small businesses.
关键词：eHealth; start-up; critical incidents; Finland; Sweden