Radical Business Perspectives for Sustainability Transitions

Edited by Nicolas Chevrollier, Associate Professor, Aikaterini Argyrou, Associate Professor and Ronald Jeurissen, Professor of Business Ethics, Nyenrode Business University, the Netherlands

• ContentsPreface xi1 Introduction: radical business perspectives forsustainability transitions 1Nicolas Chevrollier, Aikaterini Argyrou, and Ronald JeurissenPART I RADICAL CONCEPTIONS FOR CHANGE INTHE COGNITIVE-CULTURAL DIMENSION2 How can a business respect nature? 12Martin Drenthen and Ronald Jeurissen3 Corporate-degrowth intrapreneurship 31Jennifer Wilkins4 Management spirituality and religion as a field ofresearch, and spirituality as an emerging discipline 65Sharda S. Nandram, Puneet K. Bindlish, Gunjan Joshi,and Arjun Kumar ShresthaPART II RADICAL CONCEPTIONS FOR CHANGE INTHE NORMATIVE DIMENSION5 Stewardship: a new frontier in thinking and acting onsustainability 93Mark de Lat and André Nijhof6 Understanding and managing the complexities ofresilience for sustainability 113Stefanie Beninger7 On the scalability of middle managerless organisations 136Joost Minnaar, Nicolas Chevrollier, Brian Tjemkes, andSvetlana N. KhapovaPART III RADICAL CONCEPTIONS FOR CHANGE INTHE REGULATORY DIMENSION8 Sustainable entrepreneurship considering the needs offuture generations 164Aikaterini Argyrou and Harry Hummels9 Revisiting agency theory: a radical rethinking ofallocation of responsibility, accountability and liability 194Beate Sjåfjell10 Concluding reflections: pathways to radical sustainabilityperspectives 222Aikaterini Argyrou, Nicolas Chevrollier, and RonaldJeurissen

‘Without a doubt, Radical Business Perspectives for Sustainability Transitions is occupying vital territory in the scholarship on how best to put into effect sustainability transitions in the context of climate change and other wicked challenges.’