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Social Return on Investment Analysis

Measuring the Impact of Social Investment

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Overview

  • Explains how data for SROI analysis can be collected
  • Features case studies that demonstrate how SROI analyses can be set up and carried out
  • Discusses potential developments in SROI analysis

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance (SIF)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

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About this book

This book introduces and explains how to conduct a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis. It discusses the various advantages and disadvantages of different research strategies and designs, and explores the different ways in which SROI analysis results can be used for communication, outreach, and strategic decision-making. It provides insights into how and to what extent SROI analyses can help to meet different expectations, and presents different social impact research designs and methods. It presents an analytical framework for the identification of a proper SROI analysis, and shows readers how to establish an impact model, introducing a stakeholder-based approach.     




Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Social Investment, Heidelberg University, Berlin, Germany

    Volker Then

  • Competence Centre for Nonprofit Organisations and Social Entrepreneurship, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria

    Christian Schober, Olivia Rauscher

  • Institute of Management and Social Policy, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland

    Konstantin Kehl

About the authors

Volker Then is Founding Director and Executive Director of the Centre for Social Investment at Heidelberg University, Germany.

Christian Schober is Head of the Competence Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Olivia Rauscher is Head of Social Impact Analysis and Senior Researcher at the Competence Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

Konstantin Kehl is Lecturer at the Institute of Management and Social Policy, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Return on Investment Analysis

  • Book Subtitle: Measuring the Impact of Social Investment

  • Authors: Volker Then, Christian Schober, Olivia Rauscher, Konstantin Kehl

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71401-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71400-4Published: 22 March 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10051-3Published: 11 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71401-1Published: 13 March 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2662-5105

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-5113

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 406

  • Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Investment Appraisal, Investments and Securities

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