Search for dissertations about: "Post-growth economy"
Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words Post-growth economy.
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1. Profit-Orientation and Post-Growth Economies : Building Theory for Social-Ecological Resilience
Abstract : This thesis takes a post-growth perspective in order to answer the overarching research question: How does business profit-orientation affect social-ecological sustainability? It is the result of putting different pieces of the puzzle together - across the microeconomic and macroeconomic scales - in order to build a stronger conceptual and theoretical basis for sustainable post-growth economies.In Part 1, I describe what a post-growth perspective entails, as an inherently social-ecological systems approach. READ MORE
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2. Relationship-to-Profit : A Theory of Business, Markets, and Profit for Social Ecological Economics
Abstract : How does the relationship between business and profit affect social and ecological sustainability? Many sustainability scholars have identified competition for profit in the market as a key driver of social exploitation and environmental destruction. Yet, studies rarely question whether businesses and markets have to be profit-seeking. READ MORE
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3. Small business transition towards degrowth
Abstract : This work focuses on the relationship between small firms and degrowth. It aims to contribute to the understanding of what production by small firms should entail for a degrowth society and economy to be possible. READ MORE