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Title

A health audit for social entrepreneurship: susteaining innovation in the aged care industry

Author(s)

Hazelton, Lois;  Gillin, Laurence

Abstract

This paper assesses the findings of a study on aged care facilities to act entrepreneurially and support innovation that delivers resident valued services and meets policy guidelines aligned to community and government expectations and standards. A validated and adapted audit instrument is used to: identify the opportunities for corporate social entrepreneurship within the Victorian aged care industry; evaluate the role of the board, management, and staff as care providers in targeted innovation initiatives; and measure sustainable innovation. Analysis indicates that the adopted health audit can both assess the climate for social entrepreneurship and identify the training areas for sustained innovation within aged care organisations.

Publication type

Conference paper

Source

Proceedings of Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2009: 6th International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 03-06 February 2009 / L. Murray Gillin (ed.), pp. 735-746

Publication year

2009

FOR Code(s)

150304 Entrepreneurship

Keyword(s)

Aged care industry;  Corporate social entrepreneurship;  Entrepreneurship;  Innovation;  Social entrepreneurship

Publisher

Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology

ISBN

9780980332858, 0980332850

Publisher URL

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2009/papers.htm

Copyright

This paper copyright © 2009 Lois Hazelton and Laurence Gillin. Proceedings copyright © 2009 Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. Published version of this paper reproduced with the kind permission of the publisher.

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