TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The chapter discusses two aspects of the theory of the firm. One is the question of what is a regenerative firm, and how the traditional view of the firm changed when one adopts an integral transdisciplinary worldview. The second is what are the consequences when we leave the assumption of the extrinsic value of the nature.The central question is: How can firms transform themselves from a mainly extrinsic to a more intrinsic value orientation to nature? She is defending the necessity to transform anthropocentric business models into more ecocentric ones. Shifts to business models in which nature has an intrinsic value have fundamental consequences for the theory of the firm.The chapter compares ‘creative destruction’ in which the value creation follows out of destruction of other values with the ‘law of seed’ where the natural cycles of continuous creation and regeneration carry out life. The latter can contribute creating value-based spiritual economic structures which bring together the rich diversity of man and nature. The regenerative firm can be an important driver for building an integral transdisciplinary world.
VL  - 26
SN  - 978-1-78714-463-7, 978-1-78714-464-4/1572-8323
DO  - 10.1108/S1572-832320170000026016
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-832320170000026016
AU  - Hofstra Nel
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Regenerative Firms
T2  - Integral Ecology and Sustainable Business
T3  - Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 235
EP  - 249
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -