Institutional Entrepreneurship, Governance and Poverty: Insights from Emergency Medical Response Services in India

• Main Authors: GEORGE, Gerard, Rao-Nicholson, Rekha, Corbishley, Christopher, Bansal, Rahul
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: Public-Private Partnership (PPP); Base of the pyramid; Coordination; Governance; Business models; Health; Emerging economies; Poverty; Entrepreneurship; Institutional entrepreneurship; India; Developing economy; Healthcare; Asian Studies; Business; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Medicine and Health Sciences
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4634; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5633/viewcontent/InstitutionalEntreGovPoverty_2015.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We present an in-depth case study of GVK Emergency Management and Research Institute, an Indian public–private partnership (PPP), which successfully brought emergency medical response to remote and urban settings. Drawing insights from the case, we investigate how the organization established itself...