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Social Impact Investing Beyond the SIB

Evidence from the Market

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Editors:
  1. Mario La Torre

    1. University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

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  2. Mario Calderini

    1. School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  • Highlights recent research in the impact investing field
  • Provides research from an international network of universities and scholars including also those in the Scientific Committee of Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia.
  • Analyzes new trends in social impact measurement, including a Spanish case study
  • Assesses whether social responsible investments will reduce risk without a negative impact on returns by analyzing the risk-return trade-off over different time horizons

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance (SIF)

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About this book

This book provides a preliminary attempt to understand the impact investors’ preferences and characteristics.  It offers an empirical insight of the main features characterizing social risk of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and explores the correlation existing between social risk and financial return.  It assesses case studies of social impact investment architectures and their legal and operational limits. It also analyzes new trends in social impact measurement, focusing on the Spanish and Swedish experiences. The book concludes with a road map of priorities and policy strategy for social impact investments development.   



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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction

    • Mario La Torre, Mario Calderini
    Pages 1-4

  3. Investing with Impact: An Integrated Analysis Between Academics and Practitioners

    • Rosella Carè, Karen Wendt
    Pages 5-45

  4. Social Risk and Financial Returns: Evidences from Social Impact Bonds

    • Elisabetta Scognamiglio, Alessandro Rizzello, Helen Chiappini
    Pages 47-68

  5. The Use of Payment by Results in Healthcare: A Review and Proposal

    • Alessandro Rizzello, Rossana Caridà, Annarita Trotta, Giuseppe Ferraro, Rosella Carè
    Pages 69-113

  6. Impact Investing Innovation: Bringing Together Public, Private and Third Sectors to Create Greater Value: The Case of the Public Private Partnership Initiative for the New Public Hospital of Treviso

    • Filippo Addarii, Fiorenza Lipparini, Francesca Medda
    Pages 115-140

  7. The Evolution of a Social Service Crowdfunding Platform Towards an Investing Logic: The Meridonare Case Study

    • Carmen Gallucci, Michele Modina, Antonio Minguzzi
    Pages 141-175

  8. Benefit-Cost Evaluation of Prevention and Early Intervention Measures for Children and Youth in Sweden

    • Lars Hultkrantz
    Pages 177-194

  9. Impact Measurement for Social Innovation: Analysis of the Spanish Third Sector

    • Marta Solórzano-García, Julio Navío-Marco, Mercedes Valcárcel-Dueñas
    Pages 195-209

  10. Social Impact Investments Beyond Social Impact Bonds: A Research and Policy Agenda

    • Helen Chiappini
    Pages 211-222

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 223-225
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    Mario La Torre

  • School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Mario Calderini

About the editors

Mario La Torre is Full Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. His main research areas are banking and financial intermediaries, financial markets and financial innovation. He is expert in ethical finance, impact finance and microfinance, as well as audiovisual and art financing. He is editor of the book series “Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance” published by Palgrave MacMillan. He has been member of the G8 Taskforce on Social Impact Investments.

Mario Calderini is Full Professor in Social Innovation at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano and he is Director of Tiresia, Centre of Research on Social Innovation and Social Impact Investments. He is President of the Scientific Committee of the Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia and he was previously member of the Social Impact Investment Task-Force. His main research areas are social impact investments and social innovation.    


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Social Impact Investing Beyond the SIB

  • Book Subtitle: Evidence from the Market

  • Editors: Mario La Torre, Mario Calderini

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78322-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78321-5Published: 02 August 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08674-9Published: 15 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78322-2Published: 18 July 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2662-5105

  • Series E-ISSN: 2662-5113

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 225

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Investments and Securities

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