LEADER 03772nam 22005775 450 001 9910734846203321 005 20230627220107.0 010 $a3-031-32183-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-32183-2 035 $a(CKB)27240663000041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30610500 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30610500 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-32183-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927240663000041 100 $a20230627d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aImpact Investing $eInstruments, Mechanisms and Actors /$fby Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl, Barbara Scheck 205 $a2nd ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (163 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Impact Finance,$x2662-5113 311 $a9783031321825 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Social Entrepreneurship -- Chapter 3: Historical development and Investment Rationale. Chapter 4: Impact Investing Market -- Chapter 5: Financing Instruments and Transactions -- Chapter 6: Social Impact Assessment -- Chapter 7: Assessment Tools and Methodologies. . 330 $aImpact investing is a dynamic field that has been recently been discussed as a supplemental funding source for addressing societal problems. The topic has generated significant interest and is presumed to achieve significant growth rates for the coming years. This book provides a refreshed yet comprehensive overview about the market, financial instruments and the associated impact assessment. Specifically, it covers the concept of impact investing within the broader field of social finance as well as the relevant (and new) actors, presents current financing instruments and the various tools to assess the impact of the investing strategy, and introduces valuation and fund modelling techniques which impact the investment decision of fund managers. This useful reference tool will be of interest to academics and researchers in the field of impact investing alongside students and practitioners in the space. Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl is Co-Director of the European Center for Social Finance and Managing Director of Next Generation Impact in Vienna. He has worked on the development of the social finance market for the European Commission and written studies on social finance for the European Parliament or the European Liberal Forum, among others. Recently, he has written a book on ?Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain for Social Impact?. Barbara Scheck is the Professor for Entrepreneurship at Munich Business School and Co-Director of the European Center for Social Finance. Her research focuses on the financing of social enterprises, impact and mission-related investing and impact assessment. Prior to joining MBS, Barbara was assistant professor for social investment at Hamburg University. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Impact Finance,$x2662-5113 606 $aDevelopment economics 606 $aFinancial services industry 606 $aValuation 606 $aDevelopment Economics 606 $aFinancial Services 606 $aInvestment Appraisal 615 0$aDevelopment economics. 615 0$aFinancial services industry. 615 0$aValuation. 615 14$aDevelopment Economics. 615 24$aFinancial Services. 615 24$aInvestment Appraisal. 676 $a332.6 700 $aSpiess-Knafl$b Wolfgang$01373839 701 $aScheck$b Barbara$01373840 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910734846203321 996 $aImpact Investing$93404946 997 $aUNINA