This paper provides a bibliometric review of 156 articles published between 2011 and 2021
on social impact bonds (SIBs). We identified five research streams, namely studies that:(i) …

Purpose This study investigates barriers to social impact bond (SIB) implementation through
a review of academic and gray literature. A SIB is a type of public policy instrument that …

ABSTRACT Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), a New Public Management (NPM)-style
commissioning model, contain elements of other reform framings, widening their appeal and …

Social impact bonds (SIBs), also known as Pay for Success, are an innovation in Payment
by Results contracting. Investors finance programs and are repaid based on the “SIB effect,” …

This article explores how three types of logic of action–consequences, appropriateness, and
power dynamics–configurate to shape the trajectory of an illustrative NPM-style reform in …

Outcome-based contracting (OBC) seeks to improve public services by paying for service
outcomes rather than service activities. This article explores the link between how outcomes …

A decade after the launch of the world's first social impact bond (SIB) at Her Majesty's Prison
Peterborough in England, a further 250 SIBs have been developed in over 30 countries …

This paper explores the hybridization processes within organizations through a systematic
literature review. It aims to uncover how hybridization operates at multiple levels, leading to …

ePDF and ePUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Building on research
in public health, social epidemiology and the social determinants of health, this book …

Financing human service delivery through social impact bonds (SIBs) is the subject of some
critical commentary in the academic literature, but this tends to be largely theoretical rather …