... to these clashes. Findings The findings suggest that affect impacts the stability of accounting inscriptions, in that it plays a significant role in both the destabilization and the ultimate stabilization of valuation networks. Practical implications The proposed reframing of valuation work may allow...

... peripheries, highly intertwined with the stability of inscriptions. The two mechanisms indicate the importance of the boundaryless nature of the inscriptions in shaping action at a distance. Originality/value Our findings indicate new forms of inscriptions and, consequently, of novel conditions for action...