Do impact investors live up to their promise? A systematic literature review on (im) proving investments' impacts

A Roor, K Maas - Business Strategy and the Environment, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Impact investing holds the promise to make the world a better place. However, when
investors measure their impact only to prove it—without improving—it cannot be expected …

EU financial regulations and social impact measurement practices: A comprehensive framework on finance for sustainable development

I Bengo, L Boni, A Sancino - Corporate social responsibility and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainability is becoming the main character of the financial industry in Europe, especially
after the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) 2019/2088, which came into …

[图书][B] The three levels of sustainability

E Cavagnaro, GH Curiel - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Understanding the complexity of sustainability is crucial for the leadership of business
organizations, national governments, and non-governmental organizations. This second …

Leveraging open innovation to improve society: past achievements and future trajectories

JM Ahn, N Roijakkers, R Fini, L Mortara - R&D Management, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Open innovation (OI) is an approach which describes a purposive attempt to draw together
knowledge from different contributors to develop and exploit innovation. It has become clear …

Socially Responsible Investment Funds: a review of research priorities and strategic options

M van Dijk-de Groot, AHJ Nijhof - Journal of Sustainable Finance & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This is the first literature review on Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) funds. Although
SRI funds flourish, we know very little about these investment vehicles. This article reviews …

Measuring impact and creating change: A comparison of the main methods for social enterprises

F Perrini, LA Costanzo… - … : The International Journal …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose There is currently a wide range of methods for measuring social impact. Each
method uses specific indicators, mainly because of the diverse characteristics of social …

Measuring social return on investment: Lessons from organizational implementation of SROI in the Netherlands and the United States

M Moody, L Littlepage, N Paydar - Nonprofit Management and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Strategic decision making and evaluation in philanthropic giving and social investment
requires good‐quality information about the social impacts of that investment. One way to …

Strategic CSR: an integrative model for analysis

A Marques-Mendes, MJ Santos - Social Responsibility Journal, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose Based on an extensive review of the literature, the purpose of this paper is to
propose an analytical model that enables the study of the corporate social responsibility …

Distinguishing game changers from boastful charlatans: Which social enterprises measure their impact?

K Maas, C Grieco - Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Social entrepreneurship (SE) is a beautiful and growing vehicle in society to tackle social
problems in innovative ways. Unfortunately, existing research has failed to address to what …

Strategic philanthropy: Corporate measurement of philanthropic impacts as a requirement for a “happy marriage” of business and society

K Liket, K Maas - Business & Society, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Because it promises to benefit business and society simultaneously, strategic philanthropy
might be characterized as a “happy marriage” of corporate social responsibility behavior and …