Questo contributo presenta un sistema organizzato di indicatori miranti alla misurazione dell'investment readiness, applicato a livello sperimentale nell'ambito della valutazione del bando SEED2018. Questo, lanciato dalla Compagnia di San Paolo, ha la finalità di rafforzare il tessuto delle cooperative sociali, innescando processi di rinnovamento organizzativo e gestionale attraverso un meccanismo in due fasi, cui sono corrisposte altrettante fasi di selezione dei partecipanti. L'analisi in ingresso delle cooperative sociali partecipanti è avvenuta tramite la raccolta di dati secondari e primari (parte di un'osservazione longitudinale più ampia) che ha consentito di evidenziare nel dettaglio analogie e differenze relative ai tre gruppi di imprese rilevanti ai fini del bando SEED: il gruppo dei partecipanti non ammessi al check-up organizzativo, il gruppo dei partecipanti ammesso al check-up organizzativo (fase 1), il gruppo dei vincitori che ricevono la consulenza organizzativa completa (fase 2). L' analisi è stata condotta confrontando le imprese partecipanti suddivise nei tre gruppi e basandosi su alcune variabili di bilancio per cogliere aspetti economico/finanziari (es. dimensione, redditività, solidità finanziaria) e sulle indicazioni dei bisogni indicati in maniera più o meno esplicita nella documentazione relativa alla presentazione delle domande di partecipazione. Infine, attraverso i questionari somministrati via CAWI sono stati raccolti dati specifici su organizzazione e caratteristiche del sistema di conduzione e gestione della cooperativa. Questo sistema di punti-dato è stato costruito con l'intento di misurare, sia attraverso l'uso di indicatori elementari sia attraverso la creazione di indicatori compositi o multidimensionali, il livello iniziale di investment readiness. Questo concetto, piuttosto ampio, è stato reso operativo grazie all'individuazione di sottodimensioni (il livello di decentramento delle responsabilità, le caratteristiche del capitale umano, l'apertura all'innovazione, l'apertura all'ambiente esterno) così come suggerito dalla letteratura esistente in materia (Chiodo e Gerli, 2017), per poi essere tradotte in domande puntuali da porre alle cooperative sociali coinvolte. Il contributo presenterà la struttura degli indicatori semplici e il loro contributo alla costruzione degli indicatori compositi (di primo e secondo livello) di investment readiness, mostrandone l'applicazione sulle imprese partecipanti al bando Seed2018.
This paper presents an organized system of indicators aimed at measuring investment readiness, applied experimentally in the context of the evaluation of the SEED2018 call. This, launched by the Compagnia di San Paolo, aims to strengthen the social cooperatives, triggering processes of organizational and managerial renewal through a two-phase mechanism. The ex-ante analysis of the participating social cooperatives took place through the collection of secondary and primary data (part of a broader longitudinal observation) which allowed to highlight in detail the analogies and differences relating to the three groups of companies relevant to the call SEED: the group of participants not admitted to the organizational check-up, the group of participants admitted to the organizational check-up (phase 1), the group of winners who receive full organizational consultancy (phase 2). The analysis was conducted by comparing the participating companies divided into the three groups, based on balance sheet variables to capture economic / financial aspects (e.g. size, profitability, financial strength) and on information on the needs expressed in a more or less explicit way in the documentation of the submitted proposal. Finally, specific data on the organisation and characteristics of the cooperative's management were collected through the questionnaires administered via CAWI. This data point system was built with the intent to measure, both through the use of elementary indicators and through the creation of composite or multidimensional indicators, the initial level of investment readiness. This rather broad concept was made operational thanks to the identification of sub-dimensions (the level of decentralization of responsibilities, the characteristics of human capital, openness to innovation, openness to the external environment) as suggested by the literature existing on the subject (Chiodo and Gerli, 2017); it was then translated into specific questions to be asked to the social cooperatives involved. The contribution will present the structure of simple indicators and their contribution to the construction of first- and second level composite indicators of investment readiness, showing their application on the companies participating in the Seed2018 call.
Measuring investment readiness: a tool for the evaluation of policies for social firms
Igor Benati;Giuseppe Calabrese;
2020
Abstract
This paper presents an organized system of indicators aimed at measuring investment readiness, applied experimentally in the context of the evaluation of the SEED2018 call. This, launched by the Compagnia di San Paolo, aims to strengthen the social cooperatives, triggering processes of organizational and managerial renewal through a two-phase mechanism. The ex-ante analysis of the participating social cooperatives took place through the collection of secondary and primary data (part of a broader longitudinal observation) which allowed to highlight in detail the analogies and differences relating to the three groups of companies relevant to the call SEED: the group of participants not admitted to the organizational check-up, the group of participants admitted to the organizational check-up (phase 1), the group of winners who receive full organizational consultancy (phase 2). The analysis was conducted by comparing the participating companies divided into the three groups, based on balance sheet variables to capture economic / financial aspects (e.g. size, profitability, financial strength) and on information on the needs expressed in a more or less explicit way in the documentation of the submitted proposal. Finally, specific data on the organisation and characteristics of the cooperative's management were collected through the questionnaires administered via CAWI. This data point system was built with the intent to measure, both through the use of elementary indicators and through the creation of composite or multidimensional indicators, the initial level of investment readiness. This rather broad concept was made operational thanks to the identification of sub-dimensions (the level of decentralization of responsibilities, the characteristics of human capital, openness to innovation, openness to the external environment) as suggested by the literature existing on the subject (Chiodo and Gerli, 2017); it was then translated into specific questions to be asked to the social cooperatives involved. The contribution will present the structure of simple indicators and their contribution to the construction of first- and second level composite indicators of investment readiness, showing their application on the companies participating in the Seed2018 call.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
