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of enablers of resilience in FSCs during COVID-19 outbreak. It

is significant to determine preference of enablers and rank of
importance to take actions effectively. Depending on the results, the
rank orders of the enablers are classified as readiness, collaboration
with stakeholders, IT alignment, risk aware, responsiveness, flexibility,
appearance and sustainability, respectively. Suggested implications
can be provided benefits for policymakers and managers in FSCs.
Click here for the paper.

Investigating the barriers towards adoption and
implementation of open innovation in healthcare

Pooja Kumari, Amit Shankar, Behl A., Pereira V., Yahiaoui D.,
Laker B., Gupta B.B., Arya V.
Published in the Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABDC-A)

Open innovation, characterized by collaborative approaches

and knowledge-sharing across organizational boundaries, holds
great promise for transforming healthcare practices. However, the
complexities of the healthcare landscape introduce unique challenges
that impede the widespread adoption of open innovation initiatives
and warrant an enquiry into barriers associated with one of the open
innovation initiatives, i.e. digital clinic. Hence, this study investigates
medical professionals’ resistance towards digital clinics in emerging
markets. Using innovation resistance theory (IRT) as underpinning
theory, the study investigates the effects of performance barriers,

value barriers, risk barriers, legal barriers, tradition barriers, and
image barriers. This study also examined how the effects of barriers
on inertia vary at different levels of medical professionals’ personal
innovativeness. The structural equation modelling and Process Macro
are used to analyze the collected data. The findings indicate that value
barriers, risk barriers, legal barriers, and tradition barriers play crucial
roles in framing resistance intention towards digital clinics. The study

uniquely enriches the emerging literature related to digital clinics by
investigating the role of different barriers and inertia in digital clinic
adoption. The study helps hospitals understand different barriers
towards digital clinic adoption intention. Click here for the paper.

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