The Viability of Cooperatives: The Fall of the Mondragon Cooperative Fagor

This article presents a case study of the rise and fall of the Mondragon cooperative Fagor Electrodomésticos (1959-2013). Fagor, after playing a key role in the creation of the Mondragon cooperative experience, had been transformed into a multinational corporation competing in the global home applia...

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Published inThe Review of radical political economics Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 181 - 197
Main Authors Errasti, Anjel, Bretos, Ignacio, Nunez, Aitziber
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2017
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Appliance industry
Case studies
Cooperation
Cooperatives
Multinational corporations
Political economy
Viability
Workers
worker cooperatives
Mondragon
Fagor Electrodomésticos
M10
degeneration
viability
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Summary:This article presents a case study of the rise and fall of the Mondragon cooperative Fagor Electrodomésticos (1959-2013). Fagor, after playing a key role in the creation of the Mondragon cooperative experience, had been transformed into a multinational corporation competing in the global home appliance market. Given Fagor’s role as a leading cooperative, the general question of the viability of workers’ cooperatives is also at stake in its failure.
ISSN:0486-6134
1552-8502
DOI:10.1177/0486613416666533