03251nam a22005295i 4500 978-3-031-64661-4 DE-He213 20251030112931.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240902s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031646614 978-3-031-64661-4 10.1007/978-3-031-64661-4 doi GN301-674 JHMC bicssc SOC002010 bisacsh JHMC thema Dumont, Guillaume. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 83532 Impact Work [electronic resource] : An Ethnographic Journey into the Making of Impact Entrepreneurship / by Guillaume Dumont. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. VII, 193 p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. The Social World of Impact -- 2. Seal -- 3. Valuable Start-ups -- 4. A New Occupational Role -- 5. Good Match -- 6. Impact Promises -- 7. The Making of Impact Entrepreneurship. This book provides a critical, ethnographically grounded examination of the hype surrounding the idea of impact by investigating the work of those attempting to create innovative social ventures. Through in-depth immersion in the day-to-day running of a social impact accelerator, Guillaume Dumont reveals the intricate, behind-the-scenes socialization through which entrepreneurs learn the ropes of impact entrepreneurship and sheds light on the roles of some of the key players of this unique social world. The book challenges the view that impact is a given property of a venture resulting from an intrinsic desire to change the world embodied by gifted and compassionate entrepreneurs. Instead, Dumont argues that impact emerges iteratively from a process of social engagement and negotiation among entrepreneurs, investors, corporate executives, and mentors as they collaborate in the mundane processes of its production, what he calls “Impact work.” This book, therefore, is about impact in the making. It is a story of hope and collaboration unveiling the social and cultural challenges and contradictions faced by those attempting to create alternative organizations addressing social and commercial goals. Ethnology. 58687 Industrial sociology. 61248 Entrepreneurship. New business enterprises. 61729 Sociocultural Anthropology. 71227 Sociology of Work. 67399 Entrepreneurship. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031646607 Printed edition: 9783031646621 Printed edition: 9783031646638 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64661-4 ZDB-2-SLS ZDB-2-SXS 63021 63021