...Santosh Nandi; Madhavi Latha Nandi; Sumita Sindhi Purpose The paper aims to explore how Porter and Kramer’s “Creating shared value” (CSV) framework supports the multinational corporation’s business model to turn social problems into business opportunities in two contextually different...

... their goal of improving the access and reducing the time frame of health care services to low-income populations. Their initial business model (BM) makes them face their own challenges that they face with different strategies. It affects their way of communicating, their organisational culture, the patients...

...; and takes necessary steps to ensure sustenance of intervention. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Business model Social enterprise Women entrepreneurship Subsistence Correcting the harm done by an unjust equilibrium...

... the transformational role played by these organisations. Finally, the paper aims to arrive at a conceptual framework for organisations interested in playing a transformational role. Design/methodology/approach The paper deals with subsistence entrepreneurship and business models for subsistence economies. It draws...