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Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.

With the financial crisis and Great Recession some economists have begun to question the orthodox approach to production and capital/labor relations over the last two to three decades. The 12 contributions to this volume of Advances cover co-operatives; effects of worker participation on firm perfor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Devaro, Jed (Editor ), Kato, Takao (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012.
Colección:Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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520 |a With the financial crisis and Great Recession some economists have begun to question the orthodox approach to production and capital/labor relations over the last two to three decades. The 12 contributions to this volume of Advances cover co-operatives; effects of worker participation on firm performance; the diffusion of high involvement management practices; and outcomes for workers (i.e., job satisfaction and wages). 
505 0 |a FRONT COVER -- ADVANCES IN THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PARTICIPATORY AND LABOR-MANAGED FIRMS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 'THE TIMES MIGHT JUST BE A-CHANGIN' -- PART 1: COOPERATIVES -- PART 2: EFFECTS OF WORKER PARTICIPATION ON FIRM PERFORMANCE -- PART 3: THE DIFFUSION OF HIGH INVOLVEMENT MANAGEMENT -- PART 4: WHAT ABOUT THE WORKERS? -- PART 1: COOPERATIVES -- GOING FORWARD FINANCIALLY: CREDIT UNIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMMERCIAL BANKS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORY -- DATA AND METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- STAYING TRUE TO CO-OPERATIVE IDENTITY: DIAGNOSING WORKER CO-OPERATIVES FOR ADHERENCE TO THEIR VALUES -- INTRODUCTION -- EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION -- CO-OPERATIVES, PERFORMANCE AND INDICATORS -- WORKER CO-OPERATIVES AND TOTAL PARTICIPATION -- APPLICATION OF THE COOPINDEX DIAGNOSIS -- A PILOT CASE STUDY: DIAGNOSING CAREFORCE HOME CARE WORKER CO-OPERATIVE -- RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOLLOW-UP -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- DO CO-OPERATIVES PROMOTE CONSUMER SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY? THE CASE OF FAIR TRADE IN ITALY -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CO-OPERATIVES -- THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- THE EMPIRICAL MODEL -- THE RESULTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- ON THE CHOICE BETWEEN CAPITALIST AND LABOUR-MANAGED PRODUCTION: EVIDENCE FROM A PANEL OF ENTRANTS INTO UK MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- MODEL AND ESTIMATION -- DATA DESCRIPTION -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART 2: EFFECTS OF WORKER PARTICIPATION ON FIRM PERFORMANCE -- DIVERSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY IN PRODUCTION TEAMS -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- PRODUCTION AT KORET -- SORTING AND INITIAL TEAM FORMATION -- THE IMPACT OF DIVERSITY ON PRODUCTIVITY -- DIVERSITY AND TURNOVER. 
505 8 |a DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: FORMAL PROPOSITIONS AND PROOFS -- APPENDIX B: NUMERICAL EXAMPLE -- FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION PLANS AND FIRM FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM A DUTCH LONGITUDINAL PANEL -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE -- RESEARCH METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INSIDER OWNERSHIP AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM BULGARIA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE IMPACT OF OWNERSHIP ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: HYPOTHESES -- BULGARIAN ECONOMIC REFORMS -- DATA AND EMPIRICAL STRATEGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: DEFINITION OF VARIABLES -- PART 3: THE DIFFUSION OF HIGH INVOLVEMENT MANAGEMENT -- THE EVOLVING NATURE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE WORKPLACE PRACTICES IN THE UNITED STATES -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND DISCUSSION -- DATA -- EMPIRICAL RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: QUESTIONS USED FOR DEPENDENT VARIABLES IN TABLES 1-4 -- APPENDIX B: UNWEIGHTED MEAN VALUES FOR TABLES 3 AND 4 -- PROGRESSION OF HR PRACTICES IN DANISH FIRMS DURING TWO DECADES -- INTRODUCTION -- DATA DESCRIPTION -- CHANGES IN WORK PRACTICES -- CHANGES IN PAY PRACTICES -- FIRM DIFFERENCES IN THE ADOPTION OF WORK AND PAY PRACTICES -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- HIGH PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICES, INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND FIRM PROPENSITY FOR INNOVATION -- INTRODUCTION -- A CRITIQUE OF THE PREVIOUS EMPIRICAL LITERATURE AND THE HYPOTHESES TO BE TESTED -- THE DATABASES -- THE MODELS FOR THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- THE VARIABLES -- THE RESULTS -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A. THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS: THE WORK PRACTICE. 
505 8 |a APPENDIX B. EMPIRICAL CONSTRUCTION OF 'BUNDLES' OF HPWPS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (IR) WITH RESPECT TO INNOVATION -- PART 4: WHAT ABOUT THE WORKERS? -- A DIMMING OF THE 'WARM GLOW'? ARE NON-PROFIT WORKERS IN THE UK STILL MORE SATISFIED WITH THEIR JOBS THAN OTHER WORKERS? -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- DATA AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS -- METHODOLOGY -- ANALYSIS AND RESULTS -- DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE (BLINDER, 1973 AND OAXACA, 1973) -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A -- APPENDIX B: BLINDER-OAXACA DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUE -- SENIORITY WAGES AND EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION -- INTRODUCTION -- EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION AND SENIORITY WAGES -- BACKGROUND -- OTHER ESTABLISHMENT CHARACTERISTICS AND SENIORITY WAGES -- ESTIMATION STRATEGY AND DATA DESCRIPTION -- WHICH ESTABLISHMENTS PAY SENIORITY WAGES? -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES. 
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