Developments in social impact measurement in the third sector: Scaling up or dumbing down?

Social and Environmental Accountability Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Gibbon, Jane ^a   Dey, Colin ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884598874     PISSN: 0969160X     EISSN: 21562245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0969160X.2011.556399     Document Type: Article

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