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Marketing Medical Tourism in Emerging Market
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2016-4841
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4383-6452
Södertörns Högskola, Stockholm, Sweden.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Business and Economic Studies, Business administration.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0477-855X
2016 (English)In: BAM2016 Conference Proceedings, British Academy of Management (BAM) , 2016Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This paper aims to examine marketing of medical tourism (MT) from an emerging markets’ (EMs) perspective. In concrete, it analyzes how service providers develop trust, establish contacts with different actors and adapt to customers and the local environment to carry out the marketing in EM. A qualitative multiple case study approach has been employed. The result shows that trust- and network building is significant in mitigating the unfavorable feature, sustain the instability and legitimacy cause by institutional void. While, adaptation is necessary to customize service and support trust and network building. This study shows how healthcare providers are thriving in a turbulent environment in EM to promote medical service. Thus, it confers marketing science influence the MT industry. The proposed theoretical framework can be a relevant tool to improve understanding MT.

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British Academy of Management (BAM) , 2016.
Keywords [en]
medical tourism, emerging markets, trust, marketing
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-23871ISBN: 978-0-9549608-9-6 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-23871DiVA, id: diva2:1088202
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BAM2016, Thriving in Turbulent Times, 6-8 September, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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Available from: 2017-04-11 Created: 2017-04-11 Last updated: 2023-03-08Bibliographically approved

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Rydback, MichelleHyder, AkmalOsarenkhoe, Aihie

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