A Cook's tour: Towards a framework for measuring the social impact of social purpose organisations

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 784-797

  White, Leroy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Community operational research; Configuration method; Social innovation; Social value

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CAPABILITY APPROACH; CONFIGURATION METHOD; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL INNOVATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 85021271627     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2017.06.015     Document Type: Article

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