scholarly journals Together we are strong? A systematic literature review on how SMEs use relation-based collaboration to operate in rural areas

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Markus Beckmann ◽  
Michael Garkisch ◽  
Anica Zeyen
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas

scholarly journals A Systematic Literature Review on Online Medical Services in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (06) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Nohman Khan ◽  
Muhammad Imran Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
Exclusion Process ◽  
Medical Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
The Past

<p>The aim of the study reviews online medical services in Malaysia. The paper reviews the improvement in Malaysian Medical services in the past five years. In this paper, we systematically reviewed literature from the year 2014 to 2018. We selected the web of science database for the literature search to make the process more transparent and clearer, every process is recorded on the excel sheets and all studies were screened through rigorous inclusion and exclusion criteria. Final 48 papers were selected for this systematic literature review and all irrelevant papers are excluded from the study. For the selection and exclusion process, PRISMA 2009 is used. The results revealed that Literature is heavily focusing on the medical services towards the urban areas, but rural areas were largely neglected. Many studies are discussing the importance of online medical services; However, implementation mechanisms have not been discussed. The systematic review recommends that future research should be focused more on holistic patterns of implementations of the online medical services in Malaysia.</p>

Rural health enterprises in the EU context: a systematic literature review and research agenda

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Apostolopoulos ◽  
Vanessa Ratten ◽  
Stavros Stavroyiannis ◽  
Ilias Makris ◽  
Sotiris Apostolopoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Rural Health ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Purpose The COVID-19 crisis has brought to the forefront the importance of rural health enterprises (RHEs), the peculiarity, in these terms, of rural areas, and the impact of rurality on health entrepreneurial activities. This paper aims to undertake a literature review regarding RHEs in the EU, identify research gaps and set future research directions. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted and the key aspects coded across four thematic areas – after examining 68 papers. Findings The findings reveal that more intense research should be conducted across four area which emerged; rural health providers vs urban health providers; RHEs and rural development; RHEs and quality of life; and social RHEs. Research limitations/implications Future research avenues were identified and suggestions for further research on RHEs were provided. Practical implications The paper provides insights into how rural areas can attract health enterprises and how health enterprises can operate in rural areas. Originality/value This research expands on the limited existing knowledge of RHEs and sets the foundations for further research.

scholarly journals Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mara Willemijn van Twuijver ◽  
Lucas Olmedo ◽  
Mary O’Shaughnessy ◽  
Thia Hennessy
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
External Support ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Local Involvement ◽  
Rural Places ◽  
Insight Into

There is a growing perception that social enterprises represent a significant solution to the range of contemporary challenges facing rural areas across Europe. However, while much of the existing studies of European rural social enterprises provide a rich insight into specific case studies, as of yet, there is no comprehensive review of the breadth of research currently published on rural social enterprises in Europe. We respond to this gap by providing a systematic literature review incorporating 66 studies of rural social enterprise in Europe. We highlight the range of research in this field and demonstrate how the organisations act as key actors in fulfilling needs of rural areas that are not met otherwise. This systematic literature review confirms that rural social enterprises are characterised by strong local involvement with an ability to combine different goals and resources. Based on this review, we suggest that the rural and local contexts, often combined with tailored external support, are important factors in enabling rural social enterprises. This review also indicates that the academic field is relatively young and rapidly growing, leaving room for new lines of potential research to improve our understanding of these enterprises and their contribution to the development of rural places.

scholarly journals Systematic Literature Review of Food-Intake Monitoring in an Aging Population

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (15) ◽  
pp. 3265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique Moguel ◽  
Javier Berrocal ◽  
José García-Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Research Effort ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthcare Expenses

The dietary habits of people directly impact their health conditions. Especially in elder populations (in 2017, 6.7% of the world’s population was over 65 years of age), these habits could lead to important-nutrient losses that could seriously affect their cognitive and functional state. Recently, a great research effort has been devoted to using different technologies and proposing different techniques for monitoring food-intake. Nevertheless, these techniques are usually generic but make use of the most innovative technologies and methodologies to obtain the best possible monitoring results. However, a large percentage of elderly people live in depopulated rural areas (in Spain, 28.1% of the elderly population lives in this type of area) with a fragile cultural and socioeconomic context. The use of these techniques in these environments is crucial to improving this group’s quality of life (and even reducing their healthcare expenses). At the same time, it is especially challenging since they have very specific and strict requirements regarding the use and application of technology. In this Systematic Literature Review (SLR), we analyze the most important proposed technologies and techniques in order to identify whether they can be applied in this context and if they can be used to improve the quality of life of this fragile collective. In this SLR, we have analyzed 326 papers. From those, 29 proposals have been completely analyzed, taking into account the characteristics and requirements of this population.

Effectiveness of interventions to improve cardiovascular healthcare in rural areas: a systematic literature review of clinical trials

2019 ◽  
Vol 119 ◽  
pp. 132-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Ruiz-Pérez ◽  
Ángel Bastos ◽  
Maria Jesús Serrano-Ripoll ◽  
Ignacio Ricci-Cabello
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas

scholarly journals Defining Rural Smartness and Its Impact: A Systematic Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqbal Yulizar Mukti ◽  
Maria E. Iacob ◽  
Adina Aldea ◽  
Rajesri Govindaraju ◽  
Jos van Hillegersberg
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Rural Business ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Business Entities

AbstractThe utilisation of information technology to facilitate “smartness” is considered as a promising approach to improve the rural economy. However, the explanation of how the adoption of smartness in rural areas can lead to an improvement in the citizen’s economic welfare is still lacking in current studies. This paper aims to formulate a theoretical model that explains the causal mechanism of smartness adoption in rural areas to contribute to the improvement of rural citizen’s economic welfare. To achieve this, we conducted a systematic literature review based on three research questions resulting in 119 selected articles, which we used to formulate a theoretical model. The proposed model posits that rural smartness has a mediating effect on the citizen’s economic welfare through its positive impact on the competitiveness and innovativeness of rural business entities. Additionally, the proposed theoretical model highlights the necessity of adopting a smart service platform, representing the IT artefact for smartness. We argue that the adoption of such a platform would have a significant moderating effect on the competitiveness and innovativeness of rural business entities. We also contribute a comprehensive set of candidate measures we extracted from the selected literature as operationalisation of the proposed model. In terms of contribution to practice, the proposed theoretical model can be used as the starting point to guide the diffusion of smartness in rural areas.

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