Konstantin Kehl

Can the Presumed Impacts Be Proven? Analysis from a Quantitative Point of View

This chapter discusses the methodological aspects of dealing with the data that serve to verify the impact models. First, we outline the basic possibilities and limits of non-experimental designs, each of which has consequences on the time horizon, the costs and the skills needed to measure impacts.

How Can Impacts Be Monetised

This chapter addresses depicting quantified impacts on monetary units. This is probably the most controversial part of SROI analyses. Can the actual value of the effect of a service or product be found beyond its valuation on a market? Can, or indeed, should, impact be predominantly or completely monetised? If you have chosen to perform an SROI, the answer to the latter question is probably yes.

Which Purposes Can Social Impact Analyses Support? An Overview of Applications for Results of SROI Analyses

The results of an SROI analysis can be used in different ways: in the most general sense, to legitimise an organisation’s own actions to the public; in a narrower sense, to investors or funders. SROI analyses also serve above all to provide a basis for strategic decisions, to manage cooperation arrangements and growth processes.

What Does an Organisation Need to Conduct a Sound SROI Analysis

The goal of the SROI analysis as it is presented in this book is to gather and analyse data about an organisation’s activities and performance as well as their impacts.

Introduction: What Is an SROI Analysis? How Does It Relate to Other Forms of Analysis? Why Is Impact Key?

The Social Return on Investment (SROI) measures the value added to society caused by different interventions. Within the scope of an SROI analysis, an impact model establishes causal relationships for a specific project, programme or organisation.

What Interests Do Organisations Pursue with an Impact Analysis? A Guide

Organisations develop an interest in social impact analyses in general or in an SROI analysis specifically: first, because they want to improve their external communication; second, in reaction to a comprehensive trend towards social impact analyses; and third, because they have a strategic interest in further development towards impact orientation.

How Are Impacts Identified? The Impact Model

One key component of an SROI analysis to identify impacts is to create an impact model. An impact model is a logical graphical presentation of how an organisation (or a project) works under certain circumstances and which impacts it creates.

SROI in the Context of Policy and Governance Developments

In this chapter, we briefly outline the policy and governance context in which impact measurement has evolved and which has a serious effect on the impact measurement discourse among social purpose and non-profit organisations.

How Can Impact Dimensions Be Operationalised

Beyond the case of an individual project or organisation, it is worthwhile to seek generalisable impact dimensions. In contrast to the original SROI approach developed by the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund, this approach includes the entire bandwidth of concepts, aspiring to various levels of quality and validity.

How Can Impact Be Gathered? Study Design and Empirical Execution

As already described, an SROI analysis provides only the framework for a specific approach. This chapter is about the concrete design of the framework, that is, how impact should be identified, measured and later monetised. For this purpose, a social science approach is necessary when conducting an SROI analysis responsibly.