If you attended the Impact Pathways webinar, join this session to explore effective qualitative and quantitative methods to ensure that data collection aligns with your underlying theory of change. This includes developing structured questionnaires designed to capture the most relevant dimensions of impact.
Quantitative data collection is supported with validated measurement scales, statistical methods, and specialised tools for impact assessment, ensuring reliable and comparable results. At the same time, qualitative data is gathered through semi-structured interviews and purposive sampling strategies, allowing a deep understanding of participants’ experiences and the contextual factors that shape outcomes.
Barbara Scheck is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Munich Business School. Her research focuses on financing social enterprises, impact and mission-related investing, and impact measurement.
During her PhD, she developed the Social Reporting Standard. She has also consulted for a social venture capital fund and contributed to projects for development cooperation agencies in social entrepreneurship.
Barbara has been a member of the European Commission’s GECES subgroup on impact measurement in social enterprise and the Impact Measurement Working Group of the Social Impact Investment Task Force established by the G8.
She holds a Diplôme de Grande École and an MSc from the European School of Management, studying International Business Administration in Paris, Oxford, and Berlin, and a PhD from the Technical University of Munich.