The Cultural Entrepreneurship Scorecard: An Instrument for Assessing Cultural Institutions

Abstract Research into cultural entrepreneurship has not yet yielded a single definition of the term, or consensus on assessment criteria. In policy practice, however, cultural entrepreneurship is used as a criterion for subsidies and grants. This article brings together the criteria surfacing in academic literature in a model that allows both researchers and policy makers to assess cultural entrepreneurship. This model is tested in six case studies from the Netherlands. The conclusions show that, by focusing on five categories derived from the stakeholders of each cultural entrepreneur, a balanced view can be obtained. It is hypothesized that strategic choices may underlie the unbalance found between the five categories with each institution.

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  2022

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  The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society

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  2022-02-10

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  DOI 10.1080/10632921.2022.2030270
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