Assessing Mondragon: Stability & Managed Change in the Face of Globalization

Saioa Arando Lasagabaster, Fred Freundlich (), Monica Gago (), Derek Jones and Takao Kato

No wp1003, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: By drawing on new interview evidence gathered during several field trips and new financial and economic data from both external and internal sources, we document and assess the changing economic importance and performance of the Mondragon group of cooperatives as well as the two largest sectors within the group. Compared to conventional firms in the Basque Country and Spain, and producer co-ops (PCs) and employee owned firms elsewhere, in general we find evidence of growing group importance and strong performance and a similarly strong record for the industrial and retail divisions...

Keywords: employee ownership; producer cooperatives; labor managed firm; productive efficiency; Mondragon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J54 L20 P50 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2010-11-01
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