Making Mondragon - The Growth and Dynamics of the Worker Cooperative Complex (Paperback, 2nd edition)

Since its founding in 1956 in Spain's Basque region, the Mondragon 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 Mondragon 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 Mondragon 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 Mondragon'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.Mondragon 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 Mondragon 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 Mondragon 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.

General

Imprint:	ILR Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cornell International Industrial and Labor Relations Reports
Release date:	September 1991
First published:	September 1991
Authors:	William Foote Whyte • Kathleen King Whyte
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	350
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-87546-182-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Employee-ownership & co-operatives
LSN:	0-87546-182-4
Barcode:	9780875461823

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