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How to Survive in a Growth-Oriented Economy. Findings of a Semi-Systematic Literature Review on the Role of Growth for Sufficiency-Oriented Businesses

Year: 2025

Type: review

Abstract: Sufficiency-oriented businesses aim for levels of resource use that can guarantee well-being for all while remaining within the boundaries of the planet. They want to meet consumer needs rather than wants, which may run directly counter to profit maximization and growth ambitions. Therefore, this semi-systematic literature review investigates the meaning that growth holds for sufficiency-oriented businesses, which conflicts emerge, and how companies try to resolve them, thereby contributing a perspective on how these businesses can survive in a growth-oriented economy.

Source: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik

DOI: 10.5771/1439-880x-2025-2-234

Authors: Laura Niessen, Maike Gossen, Laura Beyeler, Hannah Strobel, Judith Königs

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Sustainability in Business

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4412585354

FWCI: 1.365

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Cited by: 4

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