Social Return on Investment Analysis Measuring the Impact of Social Investment /

• Main Authors: Then, Volker (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Schober, Christian (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rauscher, Olivia (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kehl, Konstantin (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance,
• Subjects: Capital investments.; Investment banking.; Securities.; Investment Appraisal.; Investments and Securities.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 - An Introduction to SROI - What is it about? How does it relate to other methods of impact analysis? And why does impact matter?
• Chapter 2 - Why do organisations measure impact? (A guideline)
• Chapter 3 - How to identify impact? (The impact model)
• Chapter 4 - How can impact dimensions be operationalized?
• Chapter 5 - How can data be gathered? (Research design and empirical approaches)
• Chapter 6 - How to prove the assumed impact? (Quantitative analyses)
• Chapter 7 - How to monetize impact? (Monetization)
• Chapter 8. Why is impact analysis helpful? (Options for using SROI)
• Chapter 9. How have SROI analyses been conducted? (Selected case studies)
• Chapter 10 - What does an organization need to for SROI?
• Chapter 11 - Concluding remarks and outlook to future developments.