Desafíos en la regeneración de grandes grupos cooperativosun estudio de caso de Mondragon

  1. Ruiz, Aingeru 1
  2. Bretos, Ignacio 2
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco
  2. 2 Universidad de Zaragoza
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    Universidad de Zaragoza

    Zaragoza, España

    ROR https://ror.org/012a91z28

Revista:
CIRIEC - España. Revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa

ISSN: 0213-8093

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 109

Páginas: 35-63

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7203/CIRIEC-E.109.25438 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: CIRIEC - España. Revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa

Resumen

La literatura previa se ha centrado casi exclusivamente en comprender la degeneración cooperativa, prestando escasa atención al fenómeno de la regeneración, que ha sido abordado fundamentalmente desde un punto de vista teórico. Este artículo proporciona un análisis longitudinal de un proceso regenerativo acometido en el grupo Mondragon, uno de los grupos cooperativos más relevantes e influyentes del mundo. La gran dimensión organizacional y dispersión geográfica que caracterizan a la mayoría de cooperativas de este grupo implica un proceso de regeneración mucho más complejo que el que cabe esperar en cooperativas pequeñas y medianas que operan exclusivamente a nivel local. El marco teórico de la investigación se basa en las tesis de la degeneración y regeneración cooperativa, así como en recientes contribuciones surgidas en torno a la teoría del ciclo de vida de las cooperativas. El estudio muestra los desafíos para reintroducir mecanismos de gobernanza democrática en organizaciones cooperativas de gran tamaño que compiten en mercados globales, así como el efecto de la dispersión geográfica en el declive del sentimiento de pertenencia entre los socios de las cooperativas matrices. Con todo ello, el artículo contribuye a una línea de investigación fundamental centrada en la evolución organizacional de las cooperativas ante un contexto de mercado muy cambiante, competitivo y globalizado.

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