Landslides in Mexico: their occurrence and social impact since 1935
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DOI: 10.1007/s10346-019-01285-6
Abstract: Landslide inventories are extremely important. They are vital for hazard analyses. This article presents an inventory of landslides in Mexico from 1935 to 2017. Although landslide monitoring studies exist in specific areas of the country,… read more here.
Keywords: social impact; mexico occurrence; impact; impact since ... See more keywords
A review of microsampling techniques and their social impact
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DOI: 10.1007/s10544-019-0412-y
Abstract: Conventional skin and blood sampling techniques for disease diagnosis, though effective, are often highly invasive and some even suffer from variations in analysis. With the improvements in molecular detection, the amount of starting sample quantity… read more here.
Keywords: microsampling techniques; social impact; review microsampling; techniques social ... See more keywords
Inching to Impact: The Demand Side of Social Impact Investing
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-019-04241-5
Abstract: Social impact investing (SII) is transforming the availability of private capital for nonprofits and social enterprises, but demand is not yet meeting supply. This paper analyzes the perceived barriers faced by nonprofits in engaging with… read more here.
Keywords: impact demand; impact; impact investing; demand side ... See more keywords
Social impact disclosure and symbolic power: Evidence from UK fair trade organizations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2020.102182
Abstract: Abstract This article unravels how fair trade organizations use social impact disclosures as forms of symbolic power amid stakeholder concerns that prevail in the fair trade field. Mobilizing Bourdieu’s notion of symbolic power and through… read more here.
Keywords: social impact; fair trade; trade organizations; trade ... See more keywords
The social vulnerability approach for social impact assessment
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2018.07.005
Abstract: Abstract The Social Impact Assessment (SIA) literature has highlighted the need to focus attention on the most vulnerable groups to improve the management of socio-environmental risk. However, methodological proposals to introduce vulnerability in SIAs are… read more here.
Keywords: impact assessment; social impact; vulnerability; social vulnerability ... See more keywords
Conceptualizing social impact: A geographic perspective
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.07.040
Abstract: Abstract Firms have used different approaches to determining the social impacts of their actions. However, identifying and quantifying firms’ social impact remain a challenge. This paper provides theoretical arguments regarding firms’ social impact based on… read more here.
Keywords: impact geographic; social impact; impact; conceptualizing social ... See more keywords
Towards an integrative definition of scaling social impact in social enterprises
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00164
Abstract: Abstract Scaling social impact is a key concept in the social enterprise literature. While central, the wide range of meanings and the lack of conceptual uniformity detract from its usefulness. To tackle this issue, this… read more here.
Keywords: scaling social; integrative definition; definition scaling; social impact ... See more keywords
Sector-wide social impact scoping of agrivoltaic systems: A case study in Japan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.02.048
Abstract: Abstract The recent rapid promotion of renewable energy technology (RET) worldwide may have led to a greater social impact on local communities, where multiple otherwise-small individual units of RET are concentrated in one place, as… read more here.
Keywords: social impact; impact; case; wide social ... See more keywords
Social impact measurement: What can impact investment practices and the policy evaluation paradigm learn from each other?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2018.02.003
Abstract: Abstract In the past decade, public authorities around the world have fostered an increasing interest for social enterprises and the ways to develop and scale them. Part of this interest has focused on better understanding… read more here.
Keywords: social enterprises; evaluation; impact; impact measurement ... See more keywords
Driving social impact at the bottom of the Pyramid through the internet-of-things enabled frugal innovations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102381
Abstract: Abstract Emerging digital technologies create novel conditions for understanding fundamental societal developments. The academic debate has given little attention to understanding the impact of these digital transformations on key areas such as sustainable development. Hence,… read more here.
Keywords: social impact; bottom pyramid; internet things; frugal innovations ... See more keywords
The psychological, relational and social impact in adult offspring of parents with hoarding disorder
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DOI: 10.1017/cha.2020.42
Abstract: Abstract Hoarding disorder (HD) is a psychiatric condition that negatively impacts individual sufferers, their families and the larger community. The disorder goes beyond problems with excessive clutter; it also presents with deficits in executive functioning,… read more here.
Keywords: adult; social impact; disorder; hoarding disorder ... See more keywords