Valuation Studies? Our Collective Two Cents

Authors

Hans Kjellberg, Stockholm School of Economics
Alexandre Mallard, École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris
Diane-Laure Arjaliès, Ivey Business SchoolFollow
Patrick Aspers, Stockholm University
Stefan Beljean, Harvard University
Alexandra Bidet
Alberto Corsin, Spanish Council for Scientific Research
Emmanuel Didier, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Marion Fourcade, University of California
Susi Geiger, University College Dublin
Klaus Hoeyer
Michèle Lamont, Harvard University
Donald MacKenzie, University of Edinburgh
Bill Maurer, University of California, Irvine
Jan Mouritsen, Copenhagen Business School
Ebba Sjögren
Kjell Tryggestad
François Vatin, Université Paris X Nanterre
Steve Woolgar, University of Oxford

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-2013

Volume

1

Issue

1

Journal

Valuation Studies

First Page

11

Last Page

30

Abstract

This article presents the results of a poll made among the members of the editorial and advisory boards of Valuation Studies. The purpose is to overview the topic that is the remit of the new journal. The poll focused on three questions:

1. Why is the study of valuation topical?

2. What specific issues related to valuation are the most pressing ones to explore? 3. What sites and methods would be interesting for studying valuation?

The answers to these questions provided by sixteen board members form the basis of the article. Based on these answers, it identifies a number of themes concerning the study of valuation, elaborating on the rationale for attending to valuation, the conceptual challenges linked to this, and the specific issues and sites that deserve further attention.