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Surviving the crisis: Worker cooperatives in Romania
- Source :
- Organization. 21:730-745
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2014.
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Abstract
- The aim of this article is to provide structured information on the profile, trends, and challenges of worker cooperatives in Romania. Its main purpose is to help refine the current explanatory framework for worker cooperatives in post-communist countries in the light of empirical evidence drawn from research conducted in Romania. Building on the literature and empirical research, it identifies and highlights some of the present issues and challenges facing Romanian worker cooperatives. Our analysis has shown that many of the elements that are considered key to the successful development of worker cooperatives on the basis of international good practice are missing in Romania. While some enabling elements are impossible to replicate, there are others that might be improved and could help worker cooperatives develop further: a shift away from policies that discriminate against cooperatives in terms of access to credits and the development of governmental programs that could open the public market more to these entities; a better organization of type II cooperatives and of the services they offer to their members; better public image and communication strategies, and greater investment to enhance the advocacy skills of these organizations.
- Subjects :
- Strategy and Management
Romanian
Investment (macroeconomics)
General Business, Management and Accounting
language.human_language
Empirical research
Economy
Management of Technology and Innovation
Economics
language
Marketing
Empirical evidence
Good practice
Public market
Social economy
Path dependence
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14617323 and 13505084
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Organization
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3e44ec93dcf71fe1a801190e5eafd671