
Ester Barinaga
Professor

From Evaluation to Valorising : Three Moments in the Making of Social Impact Value
Författare
Summary, in English
Value creation is central to entrepreneurship. Within social entrepreneurship research, value is discussed in relation to impact assessment as either pertaining to the thing assessed or dependent on the assessor. T hese are two perspectives that are blind to the value creation effects of the impact assessment process itself. Following pragmatist developments in the sociology of valuation, the article examines social impact evaluation activities and their performative effects. Findings, based on an analysis of a nascent social venture’s efforts to assess impact, suggest that the very acts of evaluating value are implicated in enacting social and organisational value. As a result, the article calls for a shift in focus from merely social value metrics and perspectives to social valuation processes and practices. T his analytical shift helps uncover the social and political dimensions inherent in social impact assessment processes.
Avdelning/ar
- Företagsekonomiska institutionen
Publiceringsår
2023-10-12
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Business Administration
Nyckelord
- social impact assessment
- sociology of valuation
- valuation process
- social entrepreneurship
- qualculation
Aktiv
Epub
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1942-0676