Efficiency in Employee-Owned Enterprises [PDF]
ILR Review, 2011 The authors undertake the first econometric study of efficiency for Eroski, the largest member of the Mondragon group of worker cooperatives. Three types of stores are found within Eroski: 1) cooperatives with significant employee ownership and voice; 2) cooperatives with modest employee ownership and limited voice (known as GESPAs); and 3 ...
Arando, Saioa +3 more
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Ownership Transformations of State-owned Enterprises with Special Consideration of Direct Privatisation in Poland in the Years 2004-2008 [PDF]
, 2010 The main goal of this article is defining the present state of the process of ownership transformations in Polish state-owned enterprises and progress in this process during the last five years.
Matuszewska-Pierzynka, Agnieszka +1 more
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Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia [PDF]
, 2003 In this paper we use rich panel data for a representative sample of Estonian enterprises to analyse diverse issues related to the determinants of ownership structures and ownership changes after privatisation.
Jones, Derek C. +2 more
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Family Employees and Absenteeism [PDF]
, 2014 Work effort varies greatly across employees, as evidenced by substantial differences in absence rates. Moreover, absenteeism causes sizeable output losses.
Block, Jörn +3 more
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The Changing Nature of Sino-Foreign Business Relationships, 1842-1941 [PDF]
, 2000 During the second half of the nineteenth century, foreign business enterprises relied considerably upon the service of compradors to extend their economic interests in the Chinese economy.
Chan, Kai Yiu, Cox, Howard
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Performance measurement in small motels in Australia [PDF]
, 2007 This research explores the measurement of performance in small motels. There are many challenges facing business performance management in small firms. Most of these challenges are due to resource shortages, lack of functional expertise and environmental
Bergin-Seers, Suzanne, Jago, Leo Kenneth
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Labor Relations Conflict in the Workplace: Scale Development, Consequences and Solutions [PDF]
, 2017 Because the goals of employers and employees are often incompatible, conflicts are inevitable and an essential part of organizational life. The three studies reported in this paper addressed the issues of identifying the dimensions of workplace conflicts
Xi, Meng +3 more
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The FairShares Model: a communitarian pluralist approach to constituting social enterprises? [PDF]
, 2013 Objectives - This paper is an exploration of the intellectual antecedents and philosophical assumptions that underpin the FairShares Model - a set of brand principles and Articles of Association published by the FairShares Association.
Bull, Mike, Ridley-Duff, Rory
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Do employee-owned firms produce more positive employee behavioural outcomes? If not why not? A British-Spanish comparative analysis [PDF]
, 2017 Whether ‘employee ownership’ takes the form of worker cooperatives, co-ownership or simply employee share ownership plans, there are normally high expectations that a range of positive outcomes will result. Yet many empirically-based studies tend to find
Basterretxea, Imanol, Storey, John
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