Enabling Social Innovation through Developmental Social Finance

Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-165

  Geobey, Sean ^a   Westley, Frances R ^a   Weber, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Impact investing; impact measurement; portfolio theory; social innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870029260     PISSN: 19420676     EISSN: 19420684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2012.726006     Document Type: Article

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