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In this study we endeavour to expose the falseness of a certain sense of underlying inferiority in the company model advocated by the social economy. We will do so by describing and analysing certain “recent” management trends whose origins run from the end of the Second World War to the...
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This paper analyses the fit between business strategy and human resources strategy, and its implications and effect on performance. A sample of 121 Andalusian co-operatives (small and medium sized firms) is used to evaluate the hypothesis through a questionnaire. Our findings reveal some support...
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Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management have always existed amongst leading business organisations. Information technologies greatly facilitate these factors and constitute a clear opportunity for growth in efficiency and effectiveness. This paper gives a systematic overview of...
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This article examines the dynamics of innovation in co-operative groups in the current phase of globalisation. In the … first part of the article a number of key factors - necessary to be taken into account in any process of innovation are … analysed, such as the innovation networks, human capital, social capital and business clusters. Then the process of innovation …
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Information Technology is a key factor in any company’s competitiveness. Cooperatives are no exception, especially when technologies such as the Internet are so useful for promoting their participative philosophy. Furthermore, IT aids the coordination and control of the group’s activities,...
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As energy resources become scarce and pollution increases, fundamental and often irreversible changes are affecting our global ecosystem, and these changes are already having an influence on countries’ potential for economic growth and development. In this article we examine the principal...
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The aim of the work presented here is to show how the problems of organisation and power represent a serious hindrance on the business development of agricultural co-operatives. It should be pointed out that this work is based on a field study which focuses on studying cooperativism in firms...
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This paper presents the results of research into the situation and tendencies of the social economy in Rio Grande do Sul, analysing fundamentally its contribution to the construction of new community spaces and local development. We study the diverse associative and co-operative experiences...
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This work aims to analyse the possibilities and effects of applying different components of information technology in cooperatives, with regard to both enterprises in general (learning, value creation and organisational culture) and the design of new specific technologies for cooperatives to...
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The agricultural co-operatives of Río Grande del Sur, in Brasil, have played an important role in improving the business position of farmers in the region. However, in the last decade, many of these co-operatives have had to face significant problems in their business development from the...
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