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Corporate sustainability: a focus on entrepreneurship, collaboration and regulation in the South African healthcare industry

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  • B. Urban
  • P. Maboko

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The global business landscape is characterised by uncertainty that has compelled firms to look beyond traditional models of management, which are under scrutiny in terms of sustainability. Researchers have advocated entrepreneurship as a means for firms to transform themselves into flexible, more responsive units that provide enhanced services through ongoing innovation. The context and survey population for this study is the South African healthcare sector. Hypotheses are formulated to show how different variables operate through different pathways to increase overall sustainable corporate entrepreneurship activity. Instruments are first subject to validity and reliability testing, and hypotheses are tested statistically using correlational analysis, path analysis and multiple regression analysis. Results support a positive relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and sustainable corporate entrepreneurship in terms of increased internal corporate venturing (ICV), strategic entrepreneurship, and competitive capability. Moreover, the results indicate this relationship is influenced by alliances and moderated by strategic regulatory factors.

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  • B. Urban & P. Maboko, 2020. "Corporate sustainability: a focus on entrepreneurship, collaboration and regulation in the South African healthcare industry," International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 14(2), pages 199-218.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:14:y:2020:i:2:p:199-218
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    1. Boris Urban & Lehlohonolo Maswabi, 2021. "Determining the Mediating Effects of Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy on the Relationship between Organizational Antecedents and Entrepreneurial Orientation," Managing Global Transitions, University of Primorska, Faculty of Management Koper, vol. 19(2 (Summer), pages 145-166.
    2. J. P. Coen Rigtering & M. Ayelen Behrens, 2021. "The Effect of Corporate — Start-Up Collaborations on Corporate Entrepreneurship," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 15(8), pages 2427-2454, November.

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