Impact Investing

Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl is the managing director of Next Generation Impact, Chairman of the social impact company Sports Philosophy and trustee of the Freedom for Children Foundation. Prior to this, he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Civil Society Center at the Zeppelin University, Germany. Barbara Scheck is Professor for Entrepreneurship at Munich Business School, member of the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie and co-founder of Volunteer Vision. Her research interests include social finance, impact assessment and corporate volunteering. Previously, she was an assistant professor for social investment at the University of Hamburg, Germany.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Social entrepreneurship.- Chapter 3: Impact Investing.- Chapter 4:The market.- Chapter 5:The instruments and mechanisms.- Chapter 6: Deals.- Chapter 7: Social Impact Assessment.