Unjani "clinics in a container" : social franchising in South Africa

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Label

Unjani "clinics in a container" : social franchising in South Africa

Title remainder

social franchising in South Africa

Creator

• Sutherland, Margie

Contributor

• Krige, Kerryn

Author

• Sutherland, Margie
• Krige, Kerryn

Subject

• Clinics -- South Africa -- Case studies
• Social entrepreneurship -- South Africa -- Case studies
• Social responsibility of business -- South Africa -- Case studies

Genre

• Case studies

Language

eng

Summary

The case tells the story of Unjani container clinics which are providing affordable, quality access to people who struggle to access South Africa's crumbling public health system. Dr Iain Barton recognised the role that nurses can play to relieve pressure on the system, by providing primary healthcare. He piloted Unjani using shipping containers as clinics with support from his company, Imperial Health Sciences. The story of Unjani is therefore one of startup and sustainable growth, partnership and building independent, self-sustaining social enterprises in a franchising system. The theory explored includes the importance of context, the role of market failure in spotting opportunity, developing opportunity through effectuation, defining social entrepreneurship and funding and growing the organisation

Member of

• Emerald emerging markets case studies, volume 7, issue 1
• Online access with purchase: Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies

Cataloging source

UtOrBLW

Dewey number

301.40968

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Students of social entrepreneurship, development studies, sustainable livelihoods and asset-based development. It is useful for customised or short programmes or for students with a background in business (e.g. Diploma in Business Administration/MBA/custom programmes) wanting to understand social enterprise and blended theories of social and economic change

LC call number

HD60.5.S7

LC item number

S88 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography