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It is traditional in the theory of the firm to define the production opportunity set available to the firm in terms of …
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This is the first legal article, to the author’s knowledge, to apply social movement theory to the foundation of worker … theory to worker cooperatives should suggest further areas of inquiry in developing the various social movement theories …. Second, unions and others can seek guidance from social movement theory as they seek to give workers a voice at work by …
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The current regulatory approach for protecting privacy involves what I refer to as “privacy self-management” — the law provides people with a set of rights to enable them to decide how to weigh the costs and benefits of the collection, use, or disclosure of their information. People’s...
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Existing studies find that labor-management complementarities (LMCs) exist. This paper adds to that literature by quantifying the effect of LMCs on levels of, and differences in, production and efficiency. I find that levels of LMCs are sometimes positively but other times negatively related to...
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We provide the first econometric study of efficiency for a member of the Mondragon group of worker cooperatives. Eroski is a retail distribution chain and, most unusually, there are two distinct types of hypermarkets: (i) cooperatives with significant employee ownership and voice; and (ii) GESPAs...
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A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective review of research in economics on worker cooperatives. It concentrates on the volatility of earnings and employment in the co-ops compared with conventional capitalist firms; on...
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Changes in organizational structure affect the intra-organizational communication network. However, despite an increasing relevance of less hierarchical and less bureaucratic forms of organizing, the question of how self-managing forms of organization influence employees’ communication...
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