20.500.12556/RUL-181984 Getting stakeholders right exploring perspectives on cultural heritage values to improve decision-making This paper examines the mismatch between theoretical expectations and actual stakeholder priorities in the adaptive reuse of tangible cultural heritage. Drawing on modern stakeholder theory, highlighting value distribution and reciprocity, the study adopts a contextual case study approach focusing on Slovenia. Combining desk research and expert focus groups, it maps the perceived importance of economic, social, cultural, and environmental values in the context of adaptive reuse of cultural heritage. This was followed by two focus-group workshops with heritage stakeholders to elicit their importance and attribute preferences across those four dimensions. The qualitative analysis reveals discrepancies in value perceptions. The findings challenge common equal-weight multicriteria decision models and underscore the critical role of social value in fostering positive reciprocity and sustainable funding for tangible cultural heritage projects. This study demonstrates that aligning policies and financing models with stakeholder-perceived value requires the adoption of distributional analyses, including participatory cost–benefit assessments, multi-stakeholder decision processes, and impact measurement tools. By foregrounding stakeholder-driven value distributions, this study contributes a novel theoretical lens and practical guidance for more inclusive, resilient governance of tangible cultural heritage. cultural heritage management value sustainability adaptive reuse tangible cultural heritage stakeholders sustainable management economic value cultural value social value environmental value stakeholder kulturna dediščina management trajnostna uspešnost vrednost deležnik true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-04-21 16:12:45 2026-04-21 16:17:37 2026-04-22 04:28:35 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 [in press] 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova VTisku NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 304 2159-032X 10.1080/2159032X.2026.2644143 273840643 Getting_Stakeholders_Right__Exploring_Perspectives_on_Cultural_Heritage_Values_to_Improve_Decision-making.pdf Getting_Stakeholders_Right__Exploring_Perspectives_on_Cultural_Heritage_Values_to_Improve_Decision-making.pdf 1 9ADEF4D1F045E89FA2557193774EECE1 9e641586eab84e75f377cbbe489495e5d6a146d2fa7e9fff239c84237867164e 7d55469f-3d8c-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=232835 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2159032X.2026.2644143 0 83a28843-3d8c-11f1-b0ab-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=232836 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0