This report explores the spatial dimension of productivity in the co-operatives of Italy, a country where they make up … sustainability. Productivity growth ensures that co-operatives can achieve both economic and social goals in the future. This report … applies a place-based approach to investigate the issue of productivity in co-operatives, given their many interdependencies …

cooperative movement -- 5. Recent criticisms of the labour theory off value: the democratic firm and Marxism -- 6. Further …-managed firm and socialism -- 9. The evolution of socialism from utopia to scientific producer cooperative economics -- 10. The … theory to hypothesise that capitalism is not a democratic system, and that a modern socialist system of producer cooperatives …

setting on development; e.g. for the Mondragon Group of coops or the Italian Cooperative Associations, development as affected … of the employees as company stakeholders and the impact of these changes on employee motivation, effort and productivity … productivity and financial performance; evidence of the implementation and effects of the employee share-ownership education; the …

attitudes, and productivity. Papers in this section cover the effect of rules and costs on employer-provided health insurance …, and an analysis of performance-related pay, unions, and productivity in Italy. Part 3 contains three studies of worker …