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This paper considers issues of governance in democratic member-based organisations (DMOs), such as co-operatives and mutual societies. It examines the processes whereby members’ interests are mediated through the democratic process, and the board; and it explores some of the factors influencing...
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Participation – democratic functioning – is one of the main elements which make up social economy companies. Within … the ways of participation in the business initiatives of the NSE, concluding that, effectively, they can be brought … together within the “participation economy”, through which a link of homogenity is established with the companies of the more …
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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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of bargaining power when taking decisions regarding the creation of sustainable value. Within this context, participation …
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seen as trends that lean towards democracy. We could classify participation in profits and various collective incentive … mechanisms (through profits or shares) as tendencies with a slant towards economic participation. Quality circles and total … and trends due to their particular emphasis on achieving the objectives of social and economic participation. By assuming …
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the participation system in a sample number of Andalusian co-operatives. …
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The effects of worker participation have been evaluated and recognised as positive from all points of view. This …
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In this work, we analyse the participation, self-management, interdependence of objectives, work satisfaction and … demonstrate that Work Teams increase the participation of workers and create their own culture. 232 workers from an automotion …
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This article examines the structure of governance in co-operative business groups in the framework of the growing process of globalisation. Starting with a brief introduction to globalisation and the theories of co-operative degeneration, a specific case is analysed referring to Mondragón...
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an exercise in theoretic speculation about participation and democracy based on the analytic tools of a relational …
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