Abstract:
The climate crisis calls for a massive and rapid retooling of our economy and society. Using neo-Schumpeterian history of technological revolutions and organizational theory, I identify four alternative pathways and assess their relative merits and tradeoffs. This suggests opportunities for collaboration and mutual learning across alternative systems of societal governance.
Paul S. Adler is Professor of Management and Organization, of Sociology, and of Environmental Studies at the University of Southern California. He holds the Marshall Business School's Harold Quinton Chair in Business Policy. He began his education in Australia and moved to France in 1974, where he received his doctorate in Economics and Management while working as a Research Economist for the French government. He came to the USA in 1981, and before arriving at USC in 1991, he was affiliated with the Brookings Institution, Columbia University, Harvard Business School, and Stanford's School of Engineering.
The climate crisis calls for a massive and rapid retooling of our economy and society. Using neo-Schumpeterian history of technological revolutions and organizational theory, I identify four alternative pathways and assess their relative merits and tradeoffs. This suggests opportunities for collaboration and mutual learning across alternative systems of societal governance.