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How to Start an Employee-owned Industrial Company and Survive for 35 Years
Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan (FEH), Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE).
2015 (engelsk)Inngår i: Advances in the Economic Analysis of Particpatory and Labor-Managed Firms, ISSN 0885-3339, Vol. 16, s. 33-61Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert) Published
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In this paper, my claim is that employee ownership of industrial companies enables economic survival, democracy, and joint responsibility. My main focus is a case study of Ljuders Nickelsilfverfabrik and its change toemployee ownership. In 1980, 36 of the 42 employees became owners. My research question is how have the economy and democracy in an employeeowned industrial company changed over the years? My main research method includes a 35-year in-depth longitudinal case study of Ljuders Nickelsilfverfabrik since its employee takeover. The empirical material includes documents, interviews, participant observations, and informal talks over the entire study period. My theory is based on the study by Connell Fanning and McCarthy (1983, 1986), who have compiled the critical literature on employee-owned companies and have asked why so few employee-owned companies exist in Western economies. They formulate six non-viability hypotheses for employee ownership, against which I present my empirical study and conclude that employee ownership is possible. From my case study in combination with the literature about organizational changes, I formulate a recipe for a successful employee takeover and collective entrepreneurship. The experience of Ljuders Nickelsilfverfabrik shows that a more complete business idea can subsequently unfold with the help of different people’s knowledge and experiences. Degeneration from democratic to more traditional ownership and control can be avoided by placing new people in leadership positions. The management must create legitimacy for a different organizational form for internal and external stakeholders.

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2015. Vol. 16, s. 33-61
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Employee ownership, employee-owned industrial companies, worker cooperatives, non-viability hypothesis, legitimacy, collective entrepreneurship
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Ekonomi, Ledarskap, entreprenörskap och organisation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-48778DOI: 10.1108/S0885-333920150000016010Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84951146067OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-48778DiVA, id: diva2:894142
Tilgjengelig fra: 2016-01-14 Laget: 2016-01-14 Sist oppdatert: 2020-12-11bibliografisk kontrollert

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