Introduction: Social Return On Investment (SROI)

Yates, Brian T.; Marra, Mita

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2016.10.013

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“…Ryan and Lyne (2008) considered the development of SROI methodology and made conclusions from international development to emphasize the limitations of the current use of SROI. Yates and Marra (2017) expressed that SROI is a form of cost–benefit analysis that requires benefits and costs to be assessed from double, triple, or quadruple bottom line perspectives. However, some researchers underlined the limitations of SROI methods.…”

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A decision model approach for determining social innovation potential of technological projects

Özdemir¹,

Baki

2021

Multi Criteria Decision Anal

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Since project management is inevitably a social effort involving all relevant actors, social aspects have to be emphasized when considering collaborative project management. Social innovation focuses on reacting to social demands and developing innovative solutions to overcome various social issues. Therefore, determining the social innovation potential in the project management process is very important. The main purpose of this study is to propose a Fuzzy Analytic Network Process (FANP) and Fuzzy VIKOR (FVIKOR)‐based decision model to determine the social innovation potential of technological projects. The results of FANP revealed that the most important criteria for determining social innovation potential of projects are financial resources, technological developments and social capital. Furthermore, FVIKOR was used for ranking social innovation potential of the selected technological projects. There are several managerial implications of this study. First, we suggest that practitioners should integrate the proposed model into their project evaluation processes. Second, they can also use this model to define the social innovation factors during project selection. Lastly, the proposed model can be employed to prioritize the social innovation factors that enable managers to allocate the appropriate resources to project management process.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A decision model approach for determining social innovation potential of technological projects

Özdemir¹,

Baki

2021

Multi Criteria Decision Anal

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“…Returning to the details of the SROI process, Yates and Marra (2017) describe the overall SROI impact as a ratio, that is, 8:1, which means £8 worth of social good is created for every £1 invested. They require researchers to consider the deadweight measures, which establishes “the amount of outcome that would have happened even if the activity had not taken place,” (Nichols et al, 2012, p. 55) and attribution measures, which “is an assessment of how much of the outcome was caused by the contribution of other organisations or people” (Nichols et al, 2012, p. 59).…”

Section: Sroi and The Theory Of Change (Toc)mentioning

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Using the Social Return on Investment Framework to Evaluate Behavior Changes of Individuals Living With Learning Difficulties

Shaw

2018

Social Marketing Quarterly

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A number of scholars have raised concerns that many social marketers fail to consider the cost of their programs and its related savings. One solution is to use the social return on investment (SROI) framework, which is rooted in the theory of change. To demonstrate its possibilities, a single case study, focusing on a small social enterprise based in the north of England, was used. They apply social marketing (SM) principles to influence positive behavior changes in people living with learning difficulties. The study was limited to their Teens-n-Twenties program, which was designed to support individuals between the ages of 14 and 25 become more independent. The results demonstrate that the program had an SROI valued somewhere between 2.36:1 and 3.88:1 (i.e., for every pound invested, a value of between £2.36 and £3.88 was delivered in social worth). This evaluation was used as evidence of the program’s effectiveness in a continuing funding bid, and the organization was awarded just under £500 K from the United Kingdom’s Big Lottery Fund. The study contributes to the knowledge and practice of SM by presenting a possible solution to the domain’s concerns on how SM can be evaluated.

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“…Justification of positive parenting policies is also based on the evidence provided by Developmental Psychology, which, over recent decades, has researched those family context variables believed to promote healthy psychological development (Van IJzendoorn & Bakermans-Kranenburg, 2017). The analysis of the economic returns generated by preventive actions in the field of positive parenting is also a rich source of scientific evidence in favour of the implementation of policies of this nature (Yates & Marra, 2017).…”

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Positive parenting in Spain: introduction to the special issue

Freijo

López

2018

Early Child Development and Care

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This introduction presents a general overview of the regulations, policies, programmes and actions which currently exist in Spain within the field of positive parenting. The articles featured in this special issue showcase initiatives aimed at fostering child development through the promotion of parenting competences and family support. They are divided into three sections. Those in the first section describe positive parenting support resources provided by institutions and NGOs. Those in the second analyze prenatal and perinatal periods from a positive parenting perspective and present programmes encompassing the period from birth to 11 years of age, including an online programme for the period from birth to age 3, a support programme for family reunification after temporary foster care and an analysis of family leisure time. The third section focuses on the assessment of family contexts and parenting skills throughout childhood, and presents a proposal for promoting good professional practice and programme design.

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Introduction: Social Return On Investment (SROI)

Cited by 37 publications

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A decision model approach for determining social innovation potential of technological projects

A decision model approach for determining social innovation potential of technological projects

Using the Social Return on Investment Framework to Evaluate Behavior Changes of Individuals Living With Learning Difficulties

Positive parenting in Spain: introduction to the special issue

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