Scaling in a post-growth era: Learning from Social Agricultural Cooperatives
dc.contributor.author | Colombo, LA | |
dc.contributor.author | Bailey, AR | |
dc.contributor.author | Gomes, MVP | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-25T13:26:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-01-24 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-01-25T08:42:31Z | |
dc.description.abstract | It has become normative in organization and management studies literature to consider scaling as a synonym for organizational growth. Scaling is typically understood as scaling-up. This article demonstrates that, in the context of post-growth organizations, scaling involves a more complex set of dynamics. Directing scholarly attention to scaling in the context of Italian Social Agricultural Cooperatives (i.e. organizations that hold a different rationale and modus operandi from the capitalist enterprise), this research contributes to the literature on scaling the impact of post-growth organizations by identifying nine different scaling routes: organizational growth (vertical and horizontal); organizational downscaling; impact on policies; multiplication; impact on organizational culture; impact on societal culture; aggregation; and diffusion. This article demonstrates that post-growth scaling: (1) requires the synergistic interaction of different strategies; (2) focuses on impacting societal culture; (3) does not necessarily require organizational growth; and (4) is a relational process, embedded in socio-ecological systems. The typology presented in this article empowers post-growth organizations to become more aware of different available scaling routes, unlocking their transformative potential and supporting the transition towards a post-growth future, in which the goal of economics is the pursuit of human and ecological flourishing. | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 135050842211474-135050842211474 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online January 24, 202 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084221147480 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/132331 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-4379-5777 (Bailey, Adrian R) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Alternative organization | en_GB |
dc.subject | post-growth | en_GB |
dc.subject | scaling | en_GB |
dc.subject | social agriculture | en_GB |
dc.title | Scaling in a post-growth era: Learning from Social Agricultural Cooperatives | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-25T13:26:32Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1350-5084 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from SAGE Publications via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1461-7323 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Organization | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Organization | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-01-24 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-01-25T13:23:26Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-01-25T13:26:37Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-01-24 |
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