La viabilidad de las cooperativas en la globalizaciónpresiones degenerativas y nuevas estrategias de regeneración en las cooperativas multinacionales de Mondragón

  1. Ignacio Bretos Fernández
  2. Anjel Errasti Amozarrain
Revista:
Gizaekoa: Revista vasca de economía social

ISSN: 1698-7446

Año de publicación: 2017

Número: 14

Páginas: 103-127

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Gizaekoa: Revista vasca de economía social

Resumen

Este artículo examina las principales tendencias degenerativas que amenazan a las entidades de Economía Social para desarrollarse en un entorno empresarial cada vez más global y competitivo, y pone en valor la capacidad de estas organizaciones para diseñar e implementar estrategias de regeneración orientadas a revitalizar sus valores y prácticas de carácter social, comunitario y democrático. Para ello, el trabajo se basa en los trabajos empíricos recientes sobre el conocido grupo Mondragón y en la propia investigación cualitativa llevada a cabo por los autores durante los últimos años en diversas cooperativas multinacionales pertenecientes al grupo. Nuestros resultados presentan un desafío importante al determinismo de la 'teoría de la degeneración', la cual muestra signos de hegemonía en el análisis científico de las cooperativas, y contribuyen a una mejor compresión sobre las dinámicas de regeneración en las cooperativas en el con texto de la globalización, un ámbito donde la literatura previa es extremadamente limitada. También se exponen las implicaciones de esta investigación para la teoría organizacional de las cooperativas.

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