scholarly journals Innovation and Market Discipline in Scholarly Publishing

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowland Lorimer
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The Face ◽  
Publishing Strategy ◽  
Developed World ◽  
Usage Metrics ◽  
Market Success

Background: In the face of extensive, developed-world library endorsement of open access (OA) and not-for-profit publishing, large commercial journal publishers are, paradoxically, increasing market share by means of economies of scale brought about in part by ownership concentration.Analysis: While the market success of commercial journal publishers may benefit from ownership concentration, it is argued that market-oriented innovation has also contributed to their market success. A review of the very lively state of market-oriented innovation in journal publishing and usage metrics is undertaken and three innovation proposals derived from commercial magazines are introduced.Conclusion and implications: The adoption of reader-focused features of commercial journals and the adaptation of the mobile-oriented strategy of commercial magazine publishers that respond to the modern digital information environment and mindset are recommended as strategically sound. Partnering with low-cost promoting, OA-oriented libraries may hobble the ability of not-for-profit journals to maximize their value to researchers.Originality/value: The weakness of OA as a constraining publishing strategy is brought forward and compared to readership building through innovation focused on usage.

scholarly journals Thundermist Health Center: Extending Pharmaceutical Services To Underserved Patients

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Charles J. Quigley Jr ◽  
Frank G. Bingham Jr
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Provider ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Part D ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Pharmaceutical Distribution ◽  
Underserved Patients ◽  
Remote Sites

This paper describes a not-for-profit healthcare providers strategy to provide its economically disadvantaged patients with access to low cost pharmaceuticals. Initially, an in-house pharmacy was established, supported by a satellite distribution system using a telepharmacy solution to extend medications to its patients at remote sites. New federal legislation which provided access to low cost insurance through Medicare Part D to many of the providers disadvantaged patients, along with state licensing requirements forced the healthcare provider to reassess the economics of its pharmaceutical distribution system and seek other alternatives. Among the alternatives the healthcare provider considered was partnering with for-profit pharmaceutical companies in order to reach their patients.

scholarly journals The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) and its Implications for a Research Agenda for Digital Preservation

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (84) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Information Infrastructure ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Digital Products ◽  
The Public ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Integration Of Technology ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Technical Architecture ◽  
Organizational Needs

Legislation enacted by the U.S. Congress in December 2000 allocates funding to the Library of Congress to lead the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). The collaborative initiative is focused on materials created primarily in digital form for which there are no analogue representations and which users experience as digital products, sometimes known as "born digital". The investigators have consulted with numerous parties in public, private and not-for profit entities and have defined the "infrastructure" as having two major components: a preservation network of individuals and a technical architecture that provides coherence to localized efforts to archive digital works but is able to accommodate change as technologies advance and organizational needs evolve. This article describes the progress of the initiative and its implications for near and long term research. A striking feature of the research is the integration of technology and organization. The program emphasizes collaboration among a wide range of partners, looking toward solutions that can accommodate multiple and disparate requirements, and communication and outreach to many communities and the public.

The Changing Relationships in Transfusion Medicine

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (8) ◽  
pp. 668-671
Author(s):  
Kathleen Sazama
Keyword(s):  
Risk Sharing ◽  
The United States ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Blood Collection ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Quality Of Patient Care ◽  
The Face

Abstract Maintaining quality in provision of transfusion services in the face of mergers, acquisitions, affiliations, and risk-sharing relationships between organizations that formerly conducted business in a traditional vendor-purchaser model is the ultimate challenge. Publications, both lay and professional, highlight the speed and nature of the impetus for change, especially in the United States, where managed care philosophies are driving a bottom-line mentality. Blood collection and transfusion organizations are developing new relationships, including entry of for-profit entities into a formerly virtually exclusively not-for-profit environment, provision of transfusion services by formerly exclusive blood collection entities and vice versa, outsourcing of selected portions, and other innovative relationships, with significantly more competitive marketing strategies. Measures of quality of transfusion services should benchmark current practices, if possible, before entering into new relationships to ensure that the quality of patient care remains high. Concerns about the fiscal viability of organizations should not minimize safety and availability of blood for transfusion when needed.

The Role for Distance Education in India

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Demand For Education ◽  
Education In India ◽  
The Face ◽  
Efficient Alternative ◽  
Increasing Demand

The development of higher education is of crucial significance to economic growth and social progress. Conventional education systems in India are constrained, in the face of rapidly increasing demand for education and qualifications, economically and geographically. Distance learning offers a low-cost, equitable, and efficient alternative. In this article, M.M. Ansari provides a financial comparison of conventional and distance education and considers the relative ‘quality’ of each. He then highlights a number of policy issues, including the importance of ploughing back revenue generated by distance learning programmes into distance learning schemes, rather than diverting it to subsidize conventional education; the matching of tuition to actual costs; and the need for a greater degree of networking and cooperation between educational institutions to effect economies of scale.

scholarly journals Are Donors Afraid of Core Costs? Economies of Scale and Contestability in Charity Markets*

2019 ◽  
Vol 129 (622) ◽  
pp. 2608-2636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlo Perroni ◽  
Ganna Pogrebna ◽  
Sarah Sandford ◽  
Kimberley Scharf
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Collective Good ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Sales Contracts

Abstract We study contestability in charity markets where non-commercial, not-for-profit providers supply a homogeneous collective good through increasing-returns-to-scale technologies. Unlike in the case of for-profit competition, the absence of price-based sales contracts for charities means that fixed costs can translate into entry barriers, protecting the position of an inefficient incumbent; or, conversely, they can make it possible for inefficient newcomers to contest the position of a more efficient incumbent. Evidence from laboratory experiments show that fixed-cost driven tradeoffs between efficiency and perceived risk can lead to inefficient technology adoption.

Bharatiya Yog Sansthan: reshaping society through Yog

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Jayalaxmi Samal
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Operating Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Expansion Strategy ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Free Service ◽  
The Face

Learning outcomes The learning outcomes are as follows: understand the operating model of a not-for-profit organization; gain knowledge about the significance of an organizational structure to successfully run a not-for-profit organization; learn the socio-cultural implication of yog through BYS; and learn the applicability of growth and business expansion strategy in the case of a not-for-profit organization. Case overview/synopsis This case covers the innovative operating model of Bharatiya Yog Sansthan (BYS) – a not-for-profit organization which offers free service towards the society through yog. BYS was a not-for-profit organization that survived for long without accepting donation in any form. They had more than 3,500 Yog Centers in 21 States and 2 union territories in India and more than 60 Yog Centers in foreign countries. They were the only not-for-profit organization which had operated such a huge number of Yog Centers across the world. Des Raj became the face of BYS after the demise of the founder Mr. Prakash Lal. While adhering to the core principle of the founder, the list of challenges in front of Mr. Des Raj and other yog enthusiasts’ associated with BYS was long. There arise no questions regarding the level of commitment and dedication of Des Raj and his team. They had left no stone unturned to bring BYS into the lime light and perhaps this is the reason because of which BYS had stood for more than fifty years. On one part they were strictly against commercialization and on the other part, they wanted to reach every household. Was it truly challenging for them to reach people without spending money on promotion? Was it really difficult for a not-for-profit which survived without donation to establish it as a brand? Complexity academic level This case can be taught effectively to MBA/ BBA students as a part of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship subject. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 11: Strategy.

scholarly journals An Evaluation View of an Ensemble Artefact for Decision Support using Action Design Research

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale MacKrell ◽  
Craig McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Action Design Research ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Student Teams

This paper investigates the integration of content, context and process (CCP) into the Action Design Research (ADR) framework to account for the interplay of organisational issues in artefact design and development. The investigation is conducted through a case study in which successive ICT student teams incrementally build, over several semesters, a tailored, low cost business intelligence (BI) system as an ensemble artefact for an organisation in the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. During project development, CCP’s human-centred approach to evaluation complements ADR’s more prescribed technology-driven software testing. The integration of CCP into ADR as an evaluation view offers an holistic approach to assessing an ensemble artefact. The resultant conceptual framework is presented as a model with an explication of unexpected design and research outcomes. 

The Development of Not-For-Profit Hospital Cost Models

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48
Author(s):  
Greg M. Thibadoux ◽  
Nicholas Apostolou ◽  
Ira S. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Cost ◽  
Cost Models ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit
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