The New Jersey Fee-For-Service Model: Evidence of Social Entrepreneurship in a New Public/ Private Business Relationship

Author

Christine Wiltsee, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Date of Award

2023

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Management (DMgt)

First Advisor

Joel Alder, PhD

Second Advisor

Larry M. Starr, PhD

Third Advisor

Donna Bouclier

Abstract

This dissertation focuses on a shift in the case management function in New Jersey’s Division of Developmental Disabilities. The shift, predicated on the state operating within the Medicaid Home and Community Based Model, resulted in a restructuring from exclusively state operated services to a new public/private relationship. The focus of this study was the unique market opportunity that resulted and the engagement of social entrepreneurs. Using the framework developed by Dees (1998), the characteristics of a social entrepreneur were explored. Through semi-structured interviews with individuals who initiated new for-profit businesses in social services, data were collected that evaluated and compared their expressed motivations with the framework as a means of formally defining them as social entrepreneurs.

Comments

A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Management in Strategic Leadership

Recommended Citation

Wiltsee, Christine, "The New Jersey Fee-For-Service Model: Evidence of Social Entrepreneurship in a New Public/ Private Business Relationship" (2023). Full-Text Theses & Dissertations. 35.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/diss_masters/35