Essays about: "post-growth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word post-growth.

  1. 1. Navigating the Growth Paradox in an Incumbent Business Context : Managerial Implications from a Degrowth Perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sabrina Dietrichs; Gitte Thorsén; [2023]
    Keywords : Degrowth; Degrowth Frameworks; Growth Paradigm; Growth Paradox; Organizational Paradox Theory; Managerial Paradox Response; Post-Growth Economy;

    Abstract : Our study investigates how the organizational growth paradox is perceived and managed by incumbent firms from a degrowth perspective. There is a growing critique against the growth paradigm, an increasing support for its abandonment. Scholars are calling for a paradigm shift towards a post-growth economy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Conviviality and Conscience: How Degrowth and Abolition Theory Critique and Re-envision Welfare States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Jillian Fields-Hirschler; [2023]
    Keywords : Abolition; Degrowth; Anti-capitalism; Post-growth; Welfare Critique; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Abolition theory and degrowth theory address important issues in the social-political world. An emergent discipline (in academia), abolition theory carefully dissects the ideological and historical underpinnings of the current system of police and prisons in the United States. It offers a systematic critique of their impact. READ MORE

  4. 3. Distribution matters: Meeting human needs at sustainable carbon consumption

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Felix Barbour; [2022]
    Keywords : wellbeing; human needs; inequality; social provisioning; planetary boundaries; post-growth; panel methods; dynamic linear modelling;

    Abstract : To avoid irreversible damage to the climate system and biosphere, the majority of the world’s countries must reduce rates of resource throughput. However, the socio-economic conditions for satisfying basic human needs at low resource use have received scant empirical attention. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring entrepreneurial contributions to a post-growth world - a case study of the swiss outdoor equipment industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Annina Guthauser; [2021]
    Keywords : Enterprises; growth independence; degrowth; Switzerland; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Globale Erwärmung, Verlust der Artenvielfalt, Pandemien - die Menschheit leidet heute unter vielen lebensbedrohlichen Phänomenen, die über jene hier genannten hinausgehen. Die Ursache für diese Phänomene liegt in der Übernutzung der begrenzten natürlichen Ressourcen. Wirtschaftswachstum treibt diese Übernutzung dramatisch voran. READ MORE

  6. 5. The business of business is the common good : not-for-profit business and the transition to a sustainable society

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Emma Bergeling; [2021]
    Keywords : not-for-profit business; post-growth economy; sustainable business; sustainability; social enterprises;

    Abstract : New economic theories that seek compatibility with human needs and our planet’s finite resources are emerging within different academic disciplines. For one, there is a growing body of literature considering alternatives to economic growth as potential solutions to the ongoing sustainability crises. READ MORE