Small firms as agents of sustainable change

Nesterova, Iana

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2021.102705

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“…It is tempting to draw the conclusion that degrowth must focus on small economic organisations that can more easily be aligned with degrowth. Nesterova (2021; similarly argues that small economic organisations are better equipped to fit a degrowth society. However, in light of the findings in this article, this issue might be more nuanced than just a question of large or small scale.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…1 Over the last two or three years, more studies have emerged that examine economic organisations from a degrowth and post-growth perspective (see e.g. Gabriel et al 2019;Hinton 2020;Khmara and Kronenberg 2018;Nesterova 2021;Robra, Heikkurinen and Nesterova 2020;Hankammer et al 2021). However, even in these more recent studies the political economy of capitalism is addressed only briefly, if at all.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Counter-Hegemonic Decision Premises in Commons-Based Peer Production: A Degrowth Case Study

Robra

Pazaitis²,

Latoufis³

2021

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Capitalism is evidently the main cause of ecological degradation, climate change and social inequality. Degrowth as a counter-hegemony opposes the capitalist imperatives of economic growth and capital accumulation and radically seeks to transform society towards sustainability. This has strong political economic implications. Economic organisations and modes of production are essential in overcoming capitalist hegemony. This article investigates two commons-based peer production (CBPP) organisations in a qualitative case study by asking how they could align with degrowth counter-hegemony to help overcome capitalism. Social systems theory is used as an organisational lens to empirically research decision premises and their degrowth counter-hegemonic alignment. The results show that this alignment is possible in relatively small organisations. However, to help degrowth succeed, CBPP needs to be more widely adopted, for which larger organisations seem better equipped. Future studies focusing on the concept of scaling wide in CBPP networks in the context of degrowth counter-hegemony are suggested.

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Counter-Hegemonic Decision Premises in Commons-Based Peer Production: A Degrowth Case Study

Robra

Pazaitis²,

Latoufis³

2021

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“…To enable a strongly sustainable, degrowth society and economy, structures and agents need to undergo a substantial transformation (Nesterova, 2020a(Nesterova, , 2021b. This would have implications for everything in the economy, including businesses, as businesses reproduce capitalism via profit-seeking and capital accumulation.…”

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The Role of Business in Global Sustainability Transformations

D'amato¹,

Toppinen²,

Kozak³

2022

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Drawing on contributions from more than thirty scholars and experts in the field, this book examines the role of business as an enabler, as an inhibitor, and ultimately as a co-actor in global sustainability transformations expected over the next few decades.The Role of Business in Global Sustainability Transformations employs several theoretical perspectives and provides abundant examples and cases to discuss a variety of emerging concepts, phenomena, and trends shaping business sustainability. Weaving through the chapters, the editors present core tensions and sources of inertia towards transformative change, and acknowledge that envisioning multiple solutions and pathways are possible and desirable. They advocate for the need to align visions, actions and time horizons between policy, society and business in addressing the interlinked socio-ecological challenges that our society currently faces. This book will be an important resource for scholars and professionals working in the field of sustainability and sustainable business, and a vital educational text for students interested in this discipline.

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“…For instance, degrowth has been included in dialogues with philosophies such as existentialism [3] and critical realism [14], and with diverse economies thinking [15]. Degrowth thinking has been applied to multiple phenomena, such as business and organisation [3,13,[15][16][17], housing [18], tourism [19], and technology [20]. Many other strands within academia share similar pursuits with degrowth, exemplified in a desire for a good and harmonious life for all, including humans, nature and non-human beings.…”

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Degrowth Perspective for Sustainability in Built Environments

Nesterova

2022

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Degrowth, as a social movement, a political project, and an academic paradigm, aims to find ways that can lead to harmonious co-existence between humanity and nature, between humans and non-humans, and within humanity, including oneself. Seen through the lens of degrowth, everything becomes subject to reflection, critique, re-evaluation, and re-imagining. This concerns environments created by humans in a long process of interaction with nature, i.e., built environments. Built environments are always in becoming. This entry contemplates the implications of degrowth for intentionally directing this becoming towards genuine sustainability.

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Small firms as agents of sustainable change

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

Counter-Hegemonic Decision Premises in Commons-Based Peer Production: A Degrowth Case Study

Counter-Hegemonic Decision Premises in Commons-Based Peer Production: A Degrowth Case Study

The Role of Business in Global Sustainability Transformations

Degrowth Perspective for Sustainability in Built Environments

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