@article{2018:cyron:business_d,
title = {Business Development in Post-Growth Economies: Challenging Assumptions in the Existing Business Growth Literature},
year = {2018},
note = {Existing literature has not specifically examined individual business
growth in post-growth economies. This paper challenges dominant
assumptions in the business growth literature by considering
post-growth economies as an organisational context characterised by
natural resource scarcity and an absence of macro-level economic
expansion. We investigate conceptually how such a context impacts
business growth theory by seeking to answer three major questions: (1)
What is business growth? (2) Why do businesses grow? (3) And how do
businesses grow? Accordingly, post-growth contexts pose three major
challenges to business growth theorising: (1) business growth as an
increase in measurable outcomes, (2) resource competition and
dispositive path dependencies, and (3) detrimental growth modes and
strategies. Based upon six revised assumptions, we re-define business
development in line with forces at work in post-growth economies. We
further suggest a multidimensional research agenda that can catalyse
future discussions of post-growth organisations. These discussions
have the potential to overcome the inertia in business growth theory
and its discrepancies with practice.},
journal = {mrev management revue},
pages = {206--229},
author = {Cyron, Thomas and Zoellick, Jan Cornelius},
volume = {29},
number = {3}
}