The business of the Anthropocene? Substantivist and diverse economies perspectives on SME engagement in local low carbon transitions
The business of the Anthropocene? Substantivist and diverse economies perspectives on SME engagement in local low carbon transitions
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DOI：
10.1177/0309132515585049
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发表时间：
2016-08
影响因子：
7.1
通讯作者：
P. North
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作者：
P. North
私营部门行为者参与低碳城市转型是地理分析中一个被忽视的因素。本文借鉴波兰尼亚、文化经济地理和J·K·吉布森-格雷厄姆的不同经济视角的非资本中心伦理，结合更广泛的文献，探讨中小企业参与环境行动、企业社会责任和低碳转型的问题，以期对中小企业对当地低碳转型的贡献做出实质性的解释。本文认为，与经济理性的形式主义经济学分析相反，中小企业所有者不应被视为不加批判的利润最大化者，而应被视为支持积极的低碳未来的参与者。因此，本文认为，波兰的经济地理和不同的经济视角很少相互对话，可以结合在一起，并对未来的研究提出建议。
The involvement of private sector actors in low carbon urban transitions is a neglected element of geographical analysis. Drawing on Polanyian, cultural economic geographies and the non-capitalocentric ethics of JK Gibson-Graham’s diverse economies perspective, the paper engages with the wider literature on the engagement of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in environmental action, corporate social responsibility and low carbon transitions to develop a substantivist account of the contribution of SMEs to local low carbon transitions. The paper argues that, contra formalist economic analyses of economic rationality, SME owners should not be thought of as uncritical profit maximizers but as actors in favour of positive low carbon futures. Thus the paper argues that Polanyian economic geographies and diverse economies perspectives, which rarely speak to each other, can be drawn together, and concludes with suggestions for future research.