The Quality of Management in Basque Companies: Differences Existing Between Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Companies

Abstract

This study analyses and presents the main differences that exist in the quality of management as practised by Cooperative and Non-Cooperative companies in the Basque Country within the industrial and company services sectors. The results obtained suggest that the quality level of cooperative company management is higher than that shown in the non-cooperative sector, the principal differences in quality of management being related to aspects where the social commitment of a company is reflected. These results prove to be more conclusive within the subgroup of cooperatives that are incorporated within the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation (MCC).

Citation

Abando, J., Gallartegi, E. and Rodriguez, J. (2007), "The Quality of Management in Basque Companies: Differences Existing Between Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Companies", Novkovic, S. and Sena, V. (Ed.) Cooperative Firms in Global Markets (Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms, Vol. 10), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 109-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0885-3339(06)10005-8