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Format: 1 online resource (240 pages) : , illustrations.

Edition: First edition.

ISBN: 1-78714-958-7 , 1-78714-519-0

Series Statement: Advances in the economic analysis of participatory & labor-managed firms, v. 18

Content: With a growing prominence of sophisticated econometric research in a much-expanded field of New Economics ofParticipation (NEP), it is of particular value to learn about real-world examples of participatory and labor-managed firms in the advanced market economies through extensive case studies. In this volume of 'Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms', the authors present such case studies. The real-world examples of participatory organizations described vividly in this volume will help researchers in NEP to design empirical strategies better, and to interpret their econometric results more sensibly. Furthermore, they will help policymakers and practitioners in their efforts to construct better public policy and design management practices.

Note: Includes index. , Intro -- EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT AT WORK: CASE STUDIES -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- INTER-COOPERATION MECHANISMS IN MONDRAGON: MANAGING THE CRISIS OF FAGOR ELECTRODOMÉSTICOS -- INTRODUCTION -- MECHANISMS OF INTER-COPERATION IN THE MONDRAGON GROUP -- History of the Mondragon Experience from the Perspective of Inter-Cooperation -- Mechanisms of Inter-Cooperation of the Mondragon Group -- FAGOR ELECTRODOMÉSTICOS: BACKGROUND -- Economic and Financial Figures for the Final Years of FED -- The Crisis -- Final Phase -- MANAGEMENT OF THE CRISIS: THE MECHANISMS OF INTER-COOPERATION -- Application of Inter-Cooperation Mechanisms Before the Closure of FED -- Inter-Cooperation Mechanisms Following Closure -- Post-Closure Lessons: Aspects to Encourage and Factors of Success -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ULMA ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS: A CASE FROM THE MONDRAGON COOPERATIVE GROUP -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. ULMA ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS -- 2. RESEARCH ON PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES IN EMPLOYEE-OWNED AND COOPERATIVE FIRMS -- 3. METHOD -- 4. RESULTS -- 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MID SOUTH BUILDING AND SUPPLY: SURVIVING THE GREAT RECESSION -- INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY -- MID SOUTH BUILDING SUPPLY -- THE EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN -- ESOP Pride -- ESOP Challenges -- ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE -- Top Management Leadership -- The Workplace Atmosphere -- HUMAN RESOURCES -- Staffing -- CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING -- Training and Development -- Compensation and Benefits -- OPERATIONS AND LOGISTICS -- Background -- Process -- Subcontractor Installers -- SALES AND MARKETING -- Sales -- Marketing -- FINANCE -- EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT -- Economic Environment -- The Great Recession -- How MSBS survived the Great Recession? -- Technological Environment. , Industry Competition -- DISCUSSION OF THE CASE -- Limitations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- EMPLOYE INVOLVEMENT UNDER RISING COMPETITIVE PRESURE: EVIDENCE FROM TWO MANUFACT URING FIRMS IN JAPAN -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. AUTOPARTS UNDER WEAKENING KEIRETSU -- 3. METAL UNDER INTENSIFYING COMPETITION FROM ABROAD -- 4. MAKING SENSE OF THE DECLINING EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT UNDER RISING COMPETITIVE PRESSURE -- 5. CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- LIMITATIONS OF BUSINESS UNIONISM AND CO-OP CONSERVATISM: A CASE STUDY OF DENVER's TAXI DRIVER UNION-COOPERATIVES -- Accommodating Job Consciousness versus Adversarial Class Consciousness -- From Independent Contractors to Self-Employed Drivers: Uber's "Sharing Economy" Liberation? -- Taxi Driver Cooperatives: New Directions in Denver Taxi Driver Organizing -- Union Taxi in Denver -- Green Taxi: A Second Union-Cooperative -- Unionized Worker Cooperatives in Practice: Job or Class Consciousness? -- Economically Driven Worker Cooperatives: "We are Owners, Not Workers" -- Governance Structure at the Unionized Cooperative -- The Role of Labor Unions: Political Lobbying versus Leadership Development -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- STRUCTURING FIRMS TO BENEFIT LOW-INCOME WORKERS: AN EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP CASE STUDY -- INTRODUCTION -- EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP AND ESOPs -- ASSET DEVELOPMENT THEORY -- BEYOND INCOME: STRUCTURES THAT COMBINE TO BUILD WEALTH -- GENDER, RACE, AND OCCUPATION: OVERCOMIN G BARIERS TO BUILD WEALTH -- Gender Wealth Gap -- Racial Wealth Gap -- EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP AND ASSET-BUILDING -- CASE STUDY -- 1. Background -- 2. The Employee Stock Ownership Plan -- Structure and Ownership -- Current ESOP Ownership Accounts -- 3. Corporate Culture, Practices, and Impacts on the Bottom Line -- 3.1. The ownership model drives a set of practices that reinforce the culture of the company. , 3.2. The ownership model provides a competitive advantage and reduces overhead costs -- 3.3. The ownership model develops leadership and peer commitment -- 4. Impacts on Middle- to Lower-Income Employees -- DISCUSSION -- Social Capital -- Financial Capital -- Human Capital -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- BOARD STRUCTURE AT CARIS REELS: A PARTICIPATORY ESOP COMPANY -- INTRODUCTION -- ABOUT CARRIS REELS -- THE LONG TERM PLAN -- ESOP COMPANY BOARD STRUCTURE -- CARRIS GOVERNING BODIES -- EARLY BOARD ACTIVITY AND PLANNING FOR EMPLOYEE GOVERNANCE -- AN EMPLOYEE-PARTICIPATORY BOARD -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ATLAS CONTAINER CORPORATION: THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX -- INTRODUCTION TO ATLAS CONTAINER COMPANY -- THE ATLAS PRODUCTION PROCESS -- THE ATLAS CULTURE -- Egalitarianism -- Democracy -- Mutual Accountability -- Transparency -- EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP -- HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT -- Employee Assistance -- Safety Culture -- Drug Policy -- Health Care -- Recruiting -- Training and Development -- Performance and Rewards -- COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES -- Customer Service -- Brokers and Sheets -- Sustainability -- COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGES -- Competition -- Product Quality -- Technology -- Purchasing Paper -- Aging Workforce -- DISCUSSION -- Limitations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-78754-025-1

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-78714-520-4

Language: English