Publication details
Alternativy podnikání v nerůstové ekonomice
| Title in English | Entrepreneurial alternatives in a no-growth economy |
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Philosophica et Historica 2/2013 - Studia Sociologica XIX: . |
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| Field | Economy |
| Keywords | social enterprise; Mondragon co-operatives; Hostetin; degrowth; alternative economic systems |
| Description | One of the more problematic current institutional structures is the mainstream for-profit enterprise, developed in the past 200 years in co-evolution with an expansionist economy, propelled by cheap and abundant fosil fuels. The paper looks at some alternatives to this prevalent model at a time when this expansionist economy begins to lose its intellectual legitimacy as well as its environmental and energy base, with more and more voices caling for a degrowth economy. The text looks at definitions of "social enterprise" with emphasis on the environmental and degrowth potential of this approach. It introduces six generic types of social enterprises/alternative economies, which can be an inspiration in the search for a new entrepreneurial model,and discusses some of their characteristics and survival strategies. |
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