Cooperative firms in global markets : incidence, viability and economic performance / edited by Sonja Novkovic, Vania Sena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Novkovic, Sonja.

Sena, Vania.

Series:

Advances in the economic analysis of participatory & labor-managed firms ; v. 10.

Advances in the economic analysis of participatory & labor-managed firms, 0885-3339 ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier JAI, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A number of competing views are swirling around the literature concerning the impact of globalization on the ability of cooperatives to survive. This 10th volume of the Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms series wants to understand some of these elements in the evolution of cooperatives in a world where globalization seems to be the driving force behind innovative forms of organization. In keeping with the main focus of the economics literature, the volume is focused on worker and producer cooperatives.This issue contains eleven papers and is organized into three parts: the first part collects empirical studies on producers cooperatives in Israel, Italy, Spain and Canada. The second part focuses on theoretical advances in the literature on cooperatives with the objective of understanding the conditions that explain co-ops longevity. Finally the third part documents the expansion into the global markets of the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation. It contains original research on cooperatives. It focuses on the impact of globalization on the cooperatives performance and survival. It contains a mix of empirical and theoretical research.

Contents:

The quality of management in basque companies : differences existing between cooperative and non-cooperative companies / Jon Abando, Eneka Gallartegi, Jon Rodriguez

Estimating pricing games in the wheat-handling market in Saskatchewan : the role of a major cooperative / Jing Zhang, Ellen Goddard, Mel Lerohl

Cooperation and effort, reciprocity and mutual supervision in worker cooperatives / Roger A. McCain

R&D, innovation and networking : strategies for cooperative survival / Sonja Novkovic

Self-financing in labor-managed firms (LMFs) : individual capital accounts and bonds / Ermanno C. Tortia

The impact of globalisation and relocation strategies in large cooperatives : the case of the mondragón cooperative fagor electrodomésticos S. Coop / Anjel Errasti, Antton Mendizabal

Organizational capital, product market competition and technical efficiency in Italian cooperatives / Ornella Wanda Maietta, Vania Sena

A note on the future and dynamics of economic democracy / Jaroslav Vanek

The productive efficiency of Italian producer cooperatives : evidence from conventional and cooperative firms / Derek C. Jones

Efficiency, economic performance and financial leverage of agribusiness marketing co-operatives in Canada / Getu Hailu, Scott R. Jeffrey, Ellen W. Goddard

Introducing differential wage rates in the Kibbutz economy : is it the end of the Kibbutz? : theory and new data / Ehud Satt.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781849504720

OCLC:

437178430