An analysis of the Mondragon case's competitiveness from a systemic perspective

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Intangible Capital Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI:10.3926/ic.2261

Jabier Retegi, Juan Ignacio Igartua

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Purpose: In this paper, the authors analyse some of the aspects that contribute to the better performance of Mondragon Corporation compared to other cooperatives and to the rest of the companies in the Basque Country from a systemic perspective.Design/methodology/approach: First, a systematic review of the literature on the factors that could explain the higher competitiveness of Mondragon Cooperatives compared to the rest of firms has been performed. Then, a draft framework representing the existing relationship between the factors has been proposed by the authors. Then, a contrast with five experts with different perspectives of Mondragon Corporation has been made. Finally, the contributions of the experts to the proposal has allowed to obtain a final framework.Findings: A framework is proposed that links and hierarchises the factors and establishes precondition relationships between them. This framework gives a special role to the basic intercooperative agreement structure as a condition to develop intercompany synergies. Research limitations/implications: The article analyses a very specific case such as Mondragon Corporation and the testing of the framework has been made by a limited number of experts/This research adds a new perspective to a rich literature on the factors that explain Mondragon Cooperatives competitiveness.Practical implications: This article gives insights into the factors that should be considered when trying to replicate the experience of Mondragon Corporation in other socioeconomic contexts.Social Implications: This research stresses the relevance of a shared set of values as a base for the construction of strong synergetic relations between companies.Originality/value: The existing literature related to the key factors for Mondragon Cooperatives’ competitiveness analysed them from an individual factor perspective. This research advances in the knowledge to understand the systemic interrelationship between them.

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蒙德拉贡案的系统竞争力分析

目的:在本文中，作者从系统的角度分析了蒙德拉贡公司与其他合作社和巴斯克地区其他公司相比业绩更好的一些方面。设计/方法/方法:首先，对可以解释蒙德拉贡合作社与其他公司相比具有更高竞争力的因素的文献进行了系统的回顾。然后，作者提出了一个代表各因素之间存在关系的框架草案。然后，与蒙德拉贡公司五位持不同观点的专家进行对比。最后，专家们对提案的贡献使我们能够获得一个最后的框架。研究结果:提出了一个框架，将各因素联系起来并进行分层，并建立了各因素之间的前提关系。这一框架赋予了基本的合作协议结构以特殊的作用，作为发展公司间协同效应的条件。研究局限/启示:本文分析了一个非常具体的案例，如蒙德拉贡公司，该框架已经由有限的专家进行了测试/本研究为解释蒙德拉贡合作社竞争力因素的丰富文献提供了一个新的视角。实际意义:本文给出了在其他社会经济背景下复制蒙德拉贡公司经验时应考虑的因素。社会影响:本研究强调了企业之间共同的价值观作为构建强协同关系的基础的相关性。原创性/价值:现有文献对蒙德拉贡合作社竞争力关键因素的分析是从个体因素的角度出发的。本研究有助于进一步了解两者之间的系统相互关系。

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Intangible Capital MANAGEMENT-

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1.50

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16.70%

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33 weeks

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