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Existenzgründung in Kleingruppen nach der Novellierung des Genossenschaftsgesetzes

Kramer, Jost W. - 2007

Aufgrund der nach wie vor äußerst unbefriedigenden Lage auf dem Arbeitsmarkt wird intensiv nach Lösungen gesucht, diese Situation zu verbessern. Dabei sind, nicht zuletzt aufgrund ihrer geschichtlichen Entstehung als "Kinder der Not" (Marburger Bank o. J.), auch die Genossenschaften in den...

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German universities as state-sponsored co-operatives

Dilger, Alexander - 2007

, especially the students are also organised in a co-operative form as are the representatives of all membership groups together …

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Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development

Smith, Stephen C.; Rothbaum, Jonathan - 2013

In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio-economic issues: the lack of jobs, economic and social inequality, educational mobility, and the priority need for innovations. We present recent data on the amount and types of job...

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Blooming together or wilting alone? Network externalities and Mondragón and La Lega co-operative networks

Smith, Stephen C. - 2001

This paper examines strategies developed by Mondragón Co-operative Corporation in the Basque Region of Spain, and La … Lega co-operative network in Italy, to mitigate disadvantages of the typical co-operative organizational structure and … these most prominent examples of successful co-operative clusters is presented. The paper argues that there are network …

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A macro policy for poverty eradication through structural change

Sobhan, Rehman - 2005

sector, characterized by low productivity and low earning capacity. In such a system the poor remain individualized and hence …

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Steht das produktivgenossenschaftliche Modell in Estland,Lettland und Litauen vor einer (Wieder-)Belebung?

Kramer, Jost W. - Hochschule <Wismar> / Fakultät für … - 2005

Angesichts der erheblichen Transformationsanstrengungen, die die BaltischenRepubliken in den letzten Jahren zu bewältigen hatten, haben sich erheblicheVeränderungen auch auf dem Gebiet des Genossenschaftswesens ergeben.Wie in kaum einer anderen Region in Europa ist die Entwicklung der...

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Mutual monitoring in teams : theory and experimental evidence on the importance of reciprocity

Carpenter, Jeffrey P. (contributor); … - 2006

Monitoring by peers is often an effective means of attenuating incentive problems. Most explanations of the efficacy of mutual monitoring rely either on small group size or on a version of the Folk theorem with repeated interactions which requires reasonably accurate public information...

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Wage and employment effects of workplace representation : a ”right to co-manage” model

Gu, Yiquan - 2010

This paper introduces a two-stage union-oligopoly-council model of wage and employment determination wherein at the first stage wage is negotiated through collective bargaining and at the second stage employment in each firm is co-determined by the employer and its works council. We provide a...

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Equal sharing rules in partnerships

Bartling, Björn; Siemens, Ferdinand von - 2007

Partnerships are the prevalent organizational form in many industries. Most partnerships share profits equally among the partners. Following Kandel and Lazear (1992) it is often argued that "peer pressure'' mitigates the arising free-rider problem. This line of reasoning takes the equal sharing...

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Firing costs : eurosclerosis or eurosuccesses? : paper presented at the HWWA Workshop, August 26-27, 1999, on "Uncertainty and Factor Demands", organized by Michael Funke (Universi...

Chen, Yu-Fu; Snower, Dennis J.; Gylfi Zoega; Funke, Michael - HWWA Workshop on Uncertainty and Factor Demands <1999, …; … - 1999

and the trend rate of productivity growth is small, a rise in firing costs affects mainly the hiring decision. Thus there … is a negative effect on average employment. When, on the other hand, a boom is expected and the rate of productivity …

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