Table 6

Summary of the action research (disclosure needs, IIRF criticalities, empirical solutions, IIRF adjustments, implications for IC in healthcare organisations)

GGA needIIRF criticalityEmpirical solutionIIRF adjustmentReferencesImplications for IC disclosure in health
Issue better social reporting, addressing an effective disclosure to its stakeholdersIIFR takes as value creation increases in the different capitals a company uses, overlooking stakeholder satisfaction and not evidencing the organisation stakeholders in the business model, leaving them hidden in social and relational capitalA deep analysis of GGA stakeholders, classifying them in primary stakeholders and secondary stakeholdersTo highlight the organisation's stakeholders as components of the business model instead of leaving them hidden into social and relational capitalShareholder value theory (Rappaport, 1986) and Stakeholder theory (Freeman, 1984; Harrison and Wicks, 2013; Rusconi, 2019)Healthcare organisations do not feel the need to explicitly disclose IC. These organisations do not consider IC as a comprehensive asset and manage single IC components
The adjusted IIRF is able to support healthcare managers to better understand IC, its role and its value
Issue a clear report able to demonstrate the value created for the stakeholdersIIRF considers the performance of a business model only in terms of increased capital, neglecting non-financial outcomesConsidering two levels of analysis: the amount and the quality of the most relevant capitals and the fulfilment of the primary and secondary stakeholders' expectationsExtending the organisation's performance disclosed in the integrated report, adding to the six capitals increase the answers to stakeholders' needs and expectations using appropriate KPIsThe impact value chain model (Hehemberger et al., 2015; GECES Social, 2014)In health organizations, IC is particularly important both to achieve non-financial outcomes, and for its capacity to regenerate the used capitals. The adjusted IIRF, gives a specific place to stakeholders in the model
A clear under-standing of how the business processes create value, connecting the six capitals, especially the intangible ones, to their outcomesIIRF neglects to consider in detail what an organisation does to create valueThe GGA value chain is defined, evidencing which key processes create value and how they impact GGA performanceReshaping the business processes as suggested by IIRF, including direct, indirect and support processes in the frameworkPorter's value chain (1985) and the reshaped value chain model (Donna, 1992) reclassifying business processes (direct, indirect, and support processes)In health organisations, performance should be considered in a broad sense, especially considering non-financial outcomes, and it is even true in non-profit health organisations
The adjusted IIRF, giving a specific place to stakeholders in the model, overcomes this limitation

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