An analysis of stakeholders’ aspiration needs for grand challenges
ISSN: 2040-8269
Article publication date: 26 November 2024
Issue publication date: 28 January 2025
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to understand stakeholders’ aspiration needs and analyse their role in shaping the articulation and formulation of Grand Challenges (GCs).
Design/methodology/approach
Using a comprehensive single case study approach, this paper investigates a GC at a local scale: the preservation and development of the Gergovia Plateau, a well-known French site of natural and historical interest. It analyses rich qualitative data according to Gioia methodology to understand the grounded needs of stakeholders.
Findings
This research deals with the “why side” of a GC when it emerges. First, it identifies four main dimensions regarding stakeholders’ aspiration needs: economic, cultural, environmental and reputational. Second, it highlights the articulation between these four dimensions and analyse their role for a better formulation and implementation of a GC.
Practical implications
This study helps public management practitioners to better understand the very nature of the GC they wish to address and to structure its foundations by including stakeholders’ aspirations.
Originality/value
This case is original regarding GCs literature by shedding a new light on how to deal with socio-environmental issues in a context of natural and cultural heritage.
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Acknowledgements
This work was financed by the Puy-de-Dôme departmental council as part of a “technical feasibility study, market study and conditions of acceptability with a view to setting up innovative modes of access to the Gergovie plateau” entrusted to the IMobS3 Laboratory of Excellence (ANR-10-lABX-0016) and the IDEX-ISITE CAP 20-25 Initiative of Excellence (ANR-16-IDEX-0001).
Citation
Albert-Cromarias, A. and Pinglot, A. (2025), "An analysis of stakeholders’ aspiration needs for grand challenges", Management Research Review, Vol. 48 No. 3, pp. 439-454. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRR-08-2023-0611
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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