Life cycles and long waves

Vasko, T.; Ayres, Robert U.; Frontvieille, L.

doi:10.1007/bf01193540

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“…Some economists proposed 50-year patterns of economic growth and decline, but these have proven challenging to fully confirm [29][30][31]. During the 1980s and early 1990s, while responding to the economic slowdown of the 1970s and 1980s, there was a period of renewed interest in theories of this nature [31,32]. Interest in such theories has since continued cycling in and out of research focus [33,34], trying to explain the reasons for such possible patterns.…”

Section: Theories Of Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Transition Framework: An Integrated Conceptualisation of Sustainability Change

Petrović

2023

Sustainability

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Responding to calls for climate action, this article develops and introduces a Sustainability Transition Framework (STF), which is a high-level interpretation of the complex dynamics dominating the current historical moment characterised by an aspiration for accelerated climate action and challenges with implementing change. This STF brings together and integrates a set of theories about change which were developed in different disciplines and not commonly discussed at the same time. The four key theories are: (1) sustainability transitions, transition management and related theories which consider the necessary change in sociotechnical regimes; (2) diffusion of innovation theory, which provides a high-level overview of patterns with uptake of innovation; (3) a change curve which explains complex emotional experiences when facing organisational change; and (4) a conceptualisation of the style cycle, which is commonly used in the history of art and architecture. These are visually depicted and integrated into a novel STF diagram. The STF presents one of the most comprehensive integrations of currently available knowledge on how change happens, which is essential for accelerated climate action. The STF helps understand individual or social group experiences. Through an improved understanding of the sustainability transition, the STF empowers climate action.

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Section: Theories Of Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Transition Framework: An Integrated Conceptualisation of Sustainability Change

Petrović

2023

Sustainability

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“…While the long wave tends to be a self-sustaining cycle, innovation and clustering are not fully endogenous in the model. This spawned a discussion and debate on the nature and existence of long waves that included SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit) (Freeman, et al 1982, Freeman 1984, Freeman and Perez, 1988, IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) (Bianchi 1985, Vasko 1987, Di Matteo et al 1989, Vasko et al 1990 and several heterodox economists.…”

Section: Long Waves After Schumpetermentioning

confidence: 99%