Covid-19 and Rapid Response in Healthcare
Enacting Bricolage to Overcome Resource Constraints
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19450409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soumodip Sarkar (0000-0001-8122-9306, Soumodip Sarkar (corresponding author), CEFAGE-UE and Department of Management, University of Évora, Portugal & Asia Centre, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA., corresponding author), Sara Mateus (0000-0001-8634-2228, Sara Mateus, Alentejo Science and Technology Park (PACT), Évora, Portugal.) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 428-443 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09717218231178339 |
| OpenAlex | W4380265151 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 29 |
In resource-poor emerging economies, the COVID-19 pandemic has inspired governments and various organisations to develop innovative solutions to help combat the pandemic. We conducted a qualitative evidence synthesis of 19 cases drawn from a sample of emerging countries to understand how varied actors rapidly forged healthcare solutions. We uncover the entrepreneurial agency of bricolage as an intrinsic, unconscious and cooperative process of entrepreneurial action in crisis management. Our study contributes to the theory of bricolage as we propose the concept of ‘crisis-driven bricolage’ in healthcare. By highlighting the capacity of multiple actors to collaborate and create effective healthcare solutions within a very short timeframe, our study holds strong practical implications for regional responses. It encourages bricolage as a viable solution when resources are tight and responses need to be rapid. Our study proposes greater consideration of bricolage as a way to provide low-cost and efficacious solutions, and as a complement to society’s innovation repertoire
Bricolage · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Pandemic · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Computer Science · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Medicine
Evidence in Management and Organizational Science
Making Fast Strategic Decisions in High-Velocity Environments.
Fitting Oval Pegs Into Round Holes
Social Bricolage
Breaking the chain
Why is the number of Covid-19 cases lower than expected in Sub-Saharan Africa? A cross-sectional analysis of the role of demographic and geographic factors
Learning from past pandemic governance
Global Bricolage
Qualitative Data Analysis
Towards a Foundation of Bricolage in Organization and Management Theory
Three Approaches to Qualitative Content Analysis
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |