The social return on investment in community befriending
In: International journal of public sector management: IJPSM, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 225-240
ISSN: 0951-3558
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In: International journal of public sector management: IJPSM, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 225-240
ISSN: 0951-3558
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In: Soziale Investitionen, S. 313-331
In: International journal of academic research in business and social sciences: IJ-ARBSS, Band 9, Heft 1
ISSN: 2222-6990
In: Public personnel management, Band 31, Heft 2, S. 225-237
ISSN: 1945-7421
During recent years, the application of business concepts and practices to the federal government has grown in popularity. The trend has been fueled by national reinvention initiatives and has led to a demand for government agencies to become more accountable in their performance. As a result, many federal agencies are faced with a need for sound methods by which to measure results and demonstrate fiscal responsibility. One method shown to be effective at assessing the value of agency programs has been the return-on-investment (ROI) process. This article examines the basic issues of ROI and its applicability in government.
In: Social enterprise journal, Band 15, Heft 3, S. 320-338
ISSN: 1750-8533
Purpose
Mechanisms that measure the social impact of work integration social enterprises (WISEs) activate a dialogue between the language and principles of economics and the lived-reality of marginalised groups. This paper aims to critically strengthen social impact measurement as a process by ascertaining epistemic gaps in the methodology of a dominant measure, based on an exploratory case study of a social enterprise supporting immigrant women in Sweden.
Design/methodology/approach
The author undertook participant observation and informal interviews with managers at Yalla Trappan – a women's cooperative social enterprise in Malmö, Sweden – for the integration of long-term unemployed, immigrant women into the labour market. Through an interpretivist framework, themes of "social sustainability" and "feminist economics" formed a theoretical inquiry for data collection within the organisation and resulting in a critical discussion of the social return on investment (SROI) method.
Findings
The case study of women's cooperative social enterprise is seen to challenge some systemic assumptions made by the SROI metric through its validation of knowledges and economic principles which are congruent with feminist epistemologies. The relationship between social and work life is re-configured by the organisation for the specific features of its beneficiary group (in which gender is a determining factor), with implications for intergenerational cohesion, past trauma resolution and positive postpartum practices that present challenges to a SROI measurement process.
Originality/value
This study applies a distinctive disciplinary understanding of feminist economics and epistemologies onto the relatively new field of social sustainability and innovation, illustrating its critique through the impact on practical steps that may be taken in the process of a dominant social impact measure (SROI).
In: MTZ worldwide, Band 81, Heft 7-8, S. 26-31
ISSN: 2192-9114
In: Schweizerische Ärztezeitung: SÄZ ; offizielles Organ der FMH und der FMH Services = Bulletin des médecins suisses : BMS = Bollettino dei medici svizzeri
ISSN: 1424-4004
In: The journal of development studies, Band 12, Heft 2, S. 270-283
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance
In: SpringerLink
In: Bücher
In: Springer eBook Collection
In: Economics and Finance
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
In: The journal of business, Band 46, Heft 4, S. 512
ISSN: 1537-5374
In: Social sciences: SM = Socialiniai mokslai, Band 83, Heft 1
In: Public management review, Band 15, Heft 6, S. 923-941
ISSN: 1471-9037
In: SpringerBriefs in Energy
The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or "energy profit" from the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that should be included in the calculation.