Social Return on Investment (SROI) and Performance Measurement: The opportunities and barriers for social enterprises in health and social care

Public Management Review

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 923-941

  Millar, Ross ^a   Hall, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Social enterprise, social return on investment, SROI, health and social care, social value, performance measurement, impact and outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885402959     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2012.698857     Document Type: Article

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