Social Impact Measurement: Current Approaches and Future Directions for Social Entrepreneurship Research

被引:278
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作者
Rawhouser, Hans [1 ]
Cummings, Michael [2 ]
Newbert, Scott L. [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nevada, Lee Business Sch, Management Entrepreneurship & Technol Dept, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA
[2] Univ Arkansas, Walton Coll Business, Management, Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
[3] CUNY, Baruch Coll, Zicklin Sch Business, New York, NY 10021 USA
关键词
social entrepreneurship; social impact; social value; social performance; performance measurement; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY; CORPORATE REPUTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; RESPONSIBILITY; MICROFINANCE; CONSTRUCTION; INSTITUTIONS; CREATION; LESSONS;
D O I
10.1177/1042258717727718
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Despite the importance of social impact to social entrepreneurship research, standards for measuring an organization's social impact are underdeveloped on both theoretical and empirical grounds. We identify a sample of 71 relevant papers from leading (FT50) business journals that examine, conceptually or empirically, the measurement of social impact. We first describe the breadth of definitions, data sources, and operationalizations of social impact. Based on this analysis, we generate a typology of four approaches to conceptualizing social impact, which we use to organize insights and recommendations regarding improved measurement of the social impact of entrepreneurial ventures.
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页码:82 / 115
页数:34
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