Developing Successful Worker Co Operatives
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Developing Successful Worker Co Operatives
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Author : Chris Cornforth
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 1988-12
Developing Successful Worker Co Operatives written by Chris Cornforth and has been published by SAGE Publications Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-12 with Social Science categories.
Starting any business is a risky venture, but more and more people in Britain are choosing to start in business as co-operatives. This in-depth study looks at the causes of the success and failure of co-operatives, and provides the most complete survey of British co-operatives to date.
Local Dollars Local Sense
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Author : Michael Shuman
language : en
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date : 2012
Local Dollars Local Sense written by Michael Shuman and has been published by Chelsea Green Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Business & Economics categories.
Local Dollars, Local Sense is a guide to creating Community Resilience. Americans' long-term savings in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, pension funds, and life insurance funds total about $30 trillion. But not even 1 percent of these savings touch local small business-even though roughly half the jobs and the output in the private economy come from them. So, how can people increasingly concerned with the poor returns from Wall Street and the devastating impact of global companies on their communities invest in Main Street? In Local Dollars, Local Sense, local economy pioneer Michael Shuman shows investors, including the nearly 99% who are unaccredited, how to put their money into building local businesses and resilient regional economies-and profit in the process. A revolutionary toolbox for social change, written with compelling personal stories, the book delivers the most thorough overview available of local investment options, explains the obstacles, and profiles investors who have paved the way. Shuman demystifies the growing realm of local investment choices-from institutional lending to investment clubs and networks, local investment funds, community ownership, direct public offerings, local stock exchanges, crowdfunding, and more. He also guides readers through the lucrative opportunities to invest locally in their homes, energy efficiency, and themselves. A rich resource for both investors and the entrepreneurs they want to support, Local Dollars, Local Sense eloquently shows how to truly protect your financial future--and your community's.
Strategies For Developing Immigrant Worker Co Ops
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Author : Hazel Corcoran
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Strategies For Developing Immigrant Worker Co Ops written by Hazel Corcoran and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Cooperative societies categories.
After Capitalism
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Author : David Schweickart
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 2011-08-16
After Capitalism written by David Schweickart and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-16 with Philosophy categories.
Since first published in 2002, After Capitalism has offered students and political activists alike a coherent vision of a viable and desirable alternative to capitalism. David Schweickart calls this system Economic Democracy, a successor-system to capitalism which preserves the efficiency strengths of a market economy while extending democracy to the workplace and to the structures of investment finance. In the second edition, Schweickart recognizes that increased globalization of companies has created greater than ever interdependent economies and the debate about the desirability of entrepreneurship is escalating. The new edition includes a new preface, completely updated data, reorganized chapters, and new sections on the economic instability of capitalism, the current economic crisis, and China. Drawing on both theoretical and empirical research, Schweickart shows how and why this model is efficient, dynamic, and applicable in the world today.
Education And Worker Co Operatives
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Author : Denis J. Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Education And Worker Co Operatives written by Denis J. Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Cooperation categories.
The workers' cooperative movement has grown in many countries of Europe, where it is often state-sanctioned and supported. In Australia, however, the movement is just beginning. The government organization of what are called cooperative development programs is the dominant new feature on the Australian worker cooperative scene. However, funding is only marginal. Cooperative development programs are not worker cooperatives either, and their origins in Australia from state government initiatives are a long way from the origins at grassroots level that idealists concerning worker cooperation would possibly have preferred. Nevertheless, the programs are facilitators for worker cooperatives. The structure of Australian cooperatives and related development programs varies by state. Cooperative movements place great importance on education. In Australia, this principle needs to be pursued vigorously if cooperation is to become established successfully. Since the cooperatives now operating in Australia are too small to operate their own educational systems, they must rely on systems already in place, such as TAFE (Technical and Further Education). The responses of TAFE to the educational needs of worker cooperatives in Australia have varied considerably state by state. Until the cooperative movement has developed its own formal education system, more formal connections among the movement and TAFE and other education systems will be needed. TAFE has a role to play in the success of the workers' cooperatives. A four-page bibliography is included. (KC)
Worker Cooperatives And Revolution
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Author : Chris Wright
language : en
Publisher: Booklocker
Release Date : 2014-08-20
Worker Cooperatives And Revolution written by Chris Wright and has been published by Booklocker this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-20 with History categories.
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the global popular protests of 2011, more people have begun to wonder and speculate: what’s next for civilization? The economic, social, and political status quo seems unsustainable, but what can emerge to take its place? In this book, a historian examines the past and present to argue that the seeds of a more humane society are already being planted, on local and international scales. Whether they will bear fruit depends, ultimately, on grassroots initiative. Focusing on the new worker cooperative movement in the West, this study not only contains the first systematic discussion of the solidarity economy in the light of Marxist theory; it also introduces a major revision of Marxism that both updates it for the twenty-first century and illuminates our historical moment. It includes an analysis of the history of cooperatives in the U.S., showing where they went wrong and how we can correct their past mistakes. It has a case-study of the successful new worker-owned business New Era Windows in Chicago, which has been celebrated internationally for its defiance of conventional paradigms. And it shows a way out of the age-old conflict between Marxism and anarchism, arguing that both are more relevant now than they have ever been. Which is to say: a gradualist “revolution” is, for the first time, within the realm of possibility.
Worker Cooperatives In Theory And Practice
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Author : Mary Mellor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Worker Cooperatives In Theory And Practice written by Mary Mellor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Business & Economics categories.
Cooperatives And The World Of Work
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Author : Bruno Roelants
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-16
Cooperatives And The World Of Work written by Bruno Roelants and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Business & Economics categories.
As the world of work and jobs is more uncertain than ever because of various trends impacting it, including the rise of robotics and the gig economy, Cooperatives and the World of Work furthers the debate on the future of work, sustainable development, and the social and solidarity economy of which cooperatives are a fundamental component. Throughout the book, the authors, who are experts in their respective fields, do not limit themselves to praising the advantages of the cooperative model. Rather, they challenge the narrow understanding of cooperatives as a mere business model and raise debate on the more fundamental role that cooperatives play in responding to social changes and in changing society itself. The book is unique in tracing the historical connection between cooperatives and the world of work since the end of the First World War and the recent shifts and restructuring in enterprise and the workplace. It presents a redefinition of the very concept of work, focusing on organizational innovation. This book is published in recognition of 100 years of the International Labour Organization, and gathers together research from leading experts who were brought together at an event co-hosted by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).
Waking The Asian Pacific Co Operative Potential
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Author : Morris Altman
language : en
Publisher: Academic Press
Release Date : 2020-06-21
Waking The Asian Pacific Co Operative Potential written by Morris Altman and has been published by Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Replete with case studies, Waking the Asian Pacific Cooperative Potential applies a novel theoretical framework to aid in understanding meaningful change in cooperative firms, mutual firms, collectives, and communes, focusing in particular on the underexamined Asia Pacific region. It explores the common, albeit competing, objectives of transformational cooperatives that deliver a range of social benefits and corporative coops where the cooperative exhibits the characteristics of a competitive investor firm. The book provides examples of successful cooperatives in eleven countries across the Asia Pacific and reviews the theoretical framework of cooperatives, including issues pertaining to socio-economic, politico-legal, and domestic and international factors. Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential provides early-career researchers and graduate students with a systematic resource of cooperatives in the Asia Pacific, highlighting core lessons from case studies regarding the ideal role of cooperatives in a modern economy and on the enabling factors of the role of the state, the market potential for scale-up, the mitigation of poverty, and civil society. Provides numerous case studies drawn from successful co-operative organizations across the Asia Pacific region Advances a theoretical framework to help readers access and understand the reasons for co-operative success in the Asia Pacific region Develops tools for practitioners to establish effective co-operatives and restructure them to optimal goals
Making Mondrag N
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Author : William Foote Whyte
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-10-15
Making Mondrag N written by William Foote Whyte and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-15 with Political Science categories.
Since its founding in 1956 in Spain's Basque region, the Mondragón Corporation has been a touchstone for the international cooperative movement. Its nearly three hundred companies and organizations span areas from finance to education. In its industrial sector Mondragón has had a rich experience over many years in manufacturing products as varied as furniture, kitchen equipment, machine tools, and electronic components and in printing, shipbuilding, and metal smelting. Making Mondragón is a groundbreaking look at the history of worker ownership in the Spanish cooperative. First published in 1988, it remains the best source for those looking to glean a rich body of ideas for potential adaptation and implementation elsewhere from Mondragón's long and varied experience. This second edition, published in 1991, takes into account the major structural and strategic changes that were being implemented in 1990 to allow the enterprise to compete successfully in the European common market. Mondragón has created social inventions and developed social structures and social processes that have enabled it to overcome some of the major obstacles faced by other worker cooperatives in the past. William Foote Whyte and Kathleen King Whyte describe the creation and evolution of the Mondragón cooperatives, how they have changed through decades of experience, and how they have struggled to maintain a balance between their social commitments and economic realities. The lessons of Mondragón apply most clearly to worker cooperatives and other employee-owned firms, but also extend to regional development and stimulating and supporting entrepreneurship, whatever the form of ownership.