The aim of this paper is to study the sustainability of Social farming (SF), with attention to practices addressed people suffering from addictions. In this study the Social Return on Investment (SROI) has been used as assessment methodology; has been used, which is increasingly used to approach...

The paper develops an SROI (Social Return on Investment) analysis of four microfinance institutions (MFIs) located in Spain, Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina. This work is part of the MeMI Project ("Measuring Microfinance Impact in the EU. Policy recommendations for Financial and Social Inclusion")...

The evaluation of social enterprises has been criticized for not being able to reflect the positive social aspects of the company through the financial evaluation. SROI (Social Return on Investment) is a social concept applied to the measurement of economic return on investment that aims to...

Modern investors face a high-dimensional prediction problem: thousands of observable variables are potentially relevant for forecasting. We reassess the conventional wisdom on market efficiency in light of this fact. In our model economy, which resembles a typical machine learning setting, N...

Investment in intangible capital--in particular, research and development--increased dramatically since the 1990s. However, productivity growth remains sluggish in recent years. One potential reason is that a significant share of the increase in intangible investment is geared toward consumer...

This paper answers fundamental questions that have preoccupied modern economic thought since the 18th century. What is the aggregate real rate of return in the economy? Is it higher than the growth rate of the economy and, if so, by how much? Is there a tendency for returns to fall in the...

Digital technologies offer new ways for companies to grow and be more productive. However, it is not completely clear how investments in new technologies impact productivity. This White Paper addresses that issue by analysing the business value impact of new technology investments and providing...

The paper develops an SROI (Social Return on Investment) analysis of four microfinance institutions (MFIs) located in Spain, Italy and Bosnia-Herzegovina. This work is part of the MeMI Project ("Measuring Microfinance Impact in the EU. Policy recommendations for Financial and Social Inclusion")...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Align Learning with Organization Mission Values -- Chapter 3: Structuring for Accountability -- Chapter 4: Management of Training -- Chapter 5: Planning for Learning -- Chapter 6: Is Training the Answer? Assessing Needs -- Chapter 7: Intended Learning...

In this paper, we use firm-level data to investigate the link between the marginal product of capital and financial rates of return across countries. Computed estimates from financial statement data show that capital-scarce countries display higher marginal products of capital. However,...

Intro -- Title page -- Table of Contents -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Letter to the reader -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The real investor, a connoisseur of financial markets -- Investment and speculation -- Investment is a social and not an exact science -- The...

As the cloud-based technologies gain more customers each day, the need for understanding the “economics of cloud” arises, together with the need for strategic measurement of different cloud or non-cloud-based infrastructure options. In such context, the option for the cloud technologies...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Renditeerwartungen von Kapitalgebern und -nehmern beim belohnungsbasierten Crowdfunding am Beispiel der Plattformen Kickstarter und Indiegogo. Aufbauend auf der Arbeit von Trost/Fox/Heim (2017) werden die Ergebnisse für die Plattform Kickstarter...