The challenge for Mondragon
Searching for the cooperative values in times of internationalization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20501124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ramón Flecha (0000-0001-7230-516X, Universitat de Barcelona), N Pun (0000-0001-5725-6988, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Pun Ngai (0000-0002-4140-8462, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 666-682 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Organization (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-5084 • E-ISSN: 1461-7323 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1350508414537625 |
| OpenAlex | W2170407616 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 18 |
Competitiveness today requires being able to operate at a global scale. The financial crisis invigorated this requirement, posing new challenges to the economic viability of conventional companies and demanding alternative organizational forms of production. Although a wealth of research has focused on capitalist companies, little attention has been paid to the way these challenges affected worker cooperatives. Drawing from a qualitative case study of the Mondragon Cooperative Group, this article discusses the obstacles to internationalization faced by worker cooperatives, as well as the specific conditions and implications involved. In particular, the article analyzes Mondragon’s contradiction between being forced to expand and trying to keep cooperative values during this expansion. Two main actions aimed at responding to this contradiction are analyzed: the creation of mixed cooperatives and the extension of the corporate management model. The analysis of this process will shed light on actions for the global expansion of worker cooperatives
Business · Contradiction · Economic system · Economics · Industrial organization · International trade · Internationalization · Market economy · Microeconomics · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Corporate Finance and Governance · Family Business Performance and Succession
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| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |