The Role of Blended Value Accounting in the Evaluation of Socio-Economic Impact of Social Enterprises

Voluntas

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 443-464

  Manetti, Giacomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blended value accounting; Impact; Measurement; Social Enterprise; SROI

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PUBLIC SERVICE; SERVICE PROVISION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84894485921     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-012-9346-1     Document Type: Article

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