Practical guidelines for participatory communication when promoting electricity customers' involvement during an electricity tariffs review process

This article studies the intersection between the largest U.S. industry—health care—and the $1 trillion nonprofit sector. Using analytical and empirical analyses, the authors reveal the marketing s...

Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Health Care Competition: How Service Mix Makes Nonprofit Hospitals More Profitable:

Documented cases of sustainable initiatives of firms show that green efforts in one market often have spillover effects on other markets. The critical question is, how do firms harness and respond to such market spillovers. To answer this, the paper examines two settings where, a firm operates in two different markets with spillovers and secondly, where it faces marketplace competition. Spillovers can be positive or negative. Using an analytical approach, the paper examines pricing and greening strategies of a firm in these scenarios, conducts market comparisons, and examines specific conditions where the firm may not invest in greening. The findings show that under the threat of spillovers from competitor’s green efforts, a focal firm increases its greening efforts and prices. Further, the absence of consumer green sensitivity in the primary market does not deter a firm from greening, if spillovers exist. Under negative spillovers, a firm can still invest in positive green efforts if the negative spillover effect is below a threshold. However, under competitive threat, a firm may lose competitive advantage as its competitor (with positive green spillovers), increases its greening efforts to compete in both the markets. • We analyze firms’ decisions under positive and negative market spillovers. • Environmental awareness’ absence is not a deterrent for greening under spillovers. • Firm can put positive green efforts if the negative spillover is below a threshold. • Facing competitor’s spillover threat, a firm increases its own green efforts and prices. 

Analyzing product greening spillovers in multi-product markets

Commentary: Playing it safe versus being responsible.

Botswana has an extensive primary healthcare network, but this has not translated into effective universal health coverage. The country’s health outcomes are inferior to those of countries with similar per capita expenditure on health. The sparse population in a big country further compromises Botswana’s healthcare provision. It, therefore, needs to rethink its primary healthcare provision models. This chapter describes a proposed pilot model of primary care in a small village. The primary healthcare centre, named Setshegong Health Centre, will be part of the Pilikwe smart village initiative, envisioned by Pilikwe citizens in collaboration with multiple stakeholders in Botswana and Canada. Setshegong will also be a centre for rural health training and research, facilitated by its various collaborators. Through the centre, the proponents hope to answer questions about optimal human resources, infrastructure development, professional development, effective community participation, restoration of community trust in the health system, best funding model and optimization of referral system from primary to tertiary healthcare. The health centre will run as a private, not-for-profit entity, developed by the author through personal resources and fundraising. The community has already assigned land for the project at no cost.

A Healthcare Case Study from Botswana, Africa

Nonprofit health care organizations in low- and middle-income countries often pursue a cross-subsidization business model wherein services are offered to poor patients for free through surpluses ge...

Omkar D. Palsule-Desai

Papers

Spillover Effects of Mission Activities on Revenues in Nonprofit Health Care: The Case of Aravind Eye Hospitals, India: