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Nonprofit Policy ForumThe emergence of state-sanctioned worker-run social cooperatives as a government-certified social enterprise model in South Korea, functioning simultaneously as worker cooperatives, represents an evolutionary shift in the country’s cooperative movement ...
Claassen Casper Hendrik +4 more
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Searching for answers on dignity, knowledge and engagement in a worker cooperative society
IIMB Management Review, 2021 The broad contour of an individual's concept of dignity seems to have been drawn from the underlying socio-cultural-political milieu which conditions thought processes. The paper explores key concerns on dignity raised by social theorists and the answers
Soumya G. Rajan, Bino Paul G.D
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The evolution of cooperative norms: evidence from a natural field experiment [PDF]
, 2006 We document the establishment and evolution of a cooperative norm among workers using evidence from a natural field experiment on a leading UK farm. Workers are paid according to a relative incentive scheme under which increasing individual effort raises
Bandiera, O., Barankay, I., Rasul, I.
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li +2 more
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EDIS, 2003 The Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA) establishes federal standards specific to farmworkers. (No other U.S. industry has a labor standard that applies solely to its workforce.) The original intent behind MSPA was to ensure ...
Leo C. Polopolus +3 more
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Dividend-Based Labor Remuneration and Tradable Shares in Worker Cooperatives
RisksThis paper analyzes the possibility of creating worker cooperatives in which members are paid not through wages but through dividends calculated on the organization’s residual income, as stipulated by the economic theory of the labor-managed firm.
Ermanno C. Tortia
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee +3 more
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Interview With Janet Saglio [PDF]
, 1982 [Excerpt] Janet Saglio is head of the Business Department at the Industrial Cooperative Association (ICA) based in Somerville, Mass. The ICA works with union locals that are: a) considering an employee buy-out, or b) seeking an independent study of a ...
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Structural biology of ferritin nanocages
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
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Mendel, 2017 There are a lot of large-scale Home Improvement Center (HIC) in Japan. In the large-scale HIC, about hundred short time workers are registered. And about forty workers are working every day. A manager creates a monthly shift schedule. The manager selects
Makoto Ohki
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