Business context of a worker co-operative: strategic implications.

by B. O"Donovan

Publisher: Oxford Brookes University in Oxford

Written in English

Published: 1996 Downloads: 254

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Thesis (M.B.A.) - Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, 1996.

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The strategic management process in SMEs is case-specific in that each context has a range of strategic variables and issues that may be widely diverse. Rather than SMEs. We find that, in theory, the worker co-operative model merits the attention of family business scholars as a means of securing continuity and survival of family : Johnston Birchall.

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Drawing on qualitative research on two Mondragon multinational co-ops based on longitudinal data and in-depth interviews, we address the dilemmas raised by the multinationalization of co-ops through the establishment of subsidiaries abroad, and show the Cited by: 1. NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS 4 International Journal of Co-operative Management • Volume 1 • July John Donaldson is an author and specialist publisher.

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Key Words: human resource management, knowledge management, learning organization, education, development, knowledge workers by: A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned enterprise".

Cooperatives may include: businesses owned and managed by the people who use their services (a consumer cooperative). International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences JulyVol. 2, No. 7 ISSN: This study explores strategic decision-making process and factors affect the processes.

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