Innovation beyond growth

Mario Pansera, Javier Lloveras and Mariano Fressoli

Chapter 61 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management, 2025, pp 234-238 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The feasibility and desirability of endless economic growth is increasingly being questioned by scholars and activists. While envisioning alternative economic models is key to assure the sustainability and wellbeing of present and future generations, few studies have analysed what might be the role of innovation in a post-growth era. Innovating has become the imperative for the survival and expansion of any form of organization. But this ‘innovate or die mania’ underpins assumptions – such as technological determinism and productivism – that neglect the socially constructed character of technological development, its politics and its capacity to enable just and equitable societies but also dystopian technocratic futures. This entry posits that untangling innovation from growth is key to imagining a post-growth era. If growth is going to be unsustainable, we need new narratives for innovation.

Keywords: Post-growth; Degrowth; Innovation without growth; Technological determinism; Productivism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035306442
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