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Co-operatives in Globalization: The Advantages of Networking

Participation in the Age of Globalization and Information

ISBN: 978-0-76231-278-8, eISBN: 978-1-84950-392-1

Publication date: 5 January 2006

Abstract

In the last two decades, a new form of organization has progressively become predominant on many global markets: networks. Very few worker co-operatives have adopted such a pattern though, despite the fact that, as the theoretical literature shows, the advantages of network industrial structures are numerous and networking can be considered a necessity in the context of globalization. After introducing a new framework for analyzing networks, we argue that combining several dimensions of integration has been an important factor of efficiency in three case studies: Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa, the industrial districts of Emilia-Romagna, and Scop Entreprises.

Citation

Halary, I. (2006), "Co-operatives in Globalization: The Advantages of Networking", Kalmi, P. and Klinedinst, M. (Ed.) Participation in the Age of Globalization and Information (Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms, Vol. 9), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 237-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-3339(05)09008-3

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