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Response of firms to impending disruptive change
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/23056 Response of firms to impending disruptive change Raina, Rajinder ichelp@gibs.co.za Toyo, Zithobile Patrick UCTD National health insurance Strategic choice Resource based view Disruptive change Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The impending NHI will cause a disruptive change in the health care industry in South Africa. For that reason the affected firms need to prepare themselves. Furthermore the current stakeholders in the private health care sector are feeling disenfranchised in terms of how the NHI will turn out.The aim of this study was to understand the response of existing firms whose existence is threatened due to impending disruptive change.The research method that was used was qualitative and exploratory in design. It involved one on one semi structured interviews with 13 respondents from a total of 7 firms who were selected to participate in the study, from the following business groups: pharmaceutical firms, private hospitals, and medical distributors.The findings revealed that the majority of firms would respond by strengthening their relations with the government who is the key stakeholder in the NHI. Secondly, they would build capacity in terms of resources and capabilities in line with the NHI. Lastly, they would innovate their value offering in the current market or new markets. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) unrestricted 2013-09-06T14:24:33Z 2013-04-29 2013-09-06T14:24:33Z 2013-04-25 2012 2013-03-09 Dissertation Toyo, ZP 2012, Response of firms to impending disruptive change, MBA dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23056 > F13/4/290/zw http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23056 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03092013-162218/ © 2012 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD National health insurance Strategic choice Resource based view Disruptive change Response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| title | Response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| title_full | Response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| title_fullStr | Response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| title_short | Response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| title_sort | response of firms to impending disruptive change |
| topic | UCTD National health insurance Strategic choice Resource based view Disruptive change |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23056 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-03092013-162218/ |