Seit 2020 fördert die Freie Hansestadt Bremen gezielt alternative, gemeinwohlorientierte Wirtschaftsformen. Im Fokus stehen sozial-ökologisch ausgerichtete Unternehmen wie Social Entrepreneurs, solidarische Wirtschaftsformen und andere alternativwirtschaftliche Akteure, die in Bereichen wie...

We review the social science literature on trust and cooperation with application to labourmanagement relations. We begin with the neo-classical economic view of self-regarding individuals operating with perfect information and show that once one abandons the dyadic case with perfect...

Self-managing organizations, characterized by flat hierarchies and decentralized power, are expected to empower and engage employees. In contrast, critics argue that a lack of structure could cause confusion and increased stress and burnout. However, neither assumption has been quantitatively...

This paper presents an analytical economic democracy-shared capitalism framework to better understanding of the nature and firm-level drivers of employee ownership, in particular the purpose of the firm. This framework allows us to answer the question: to what extent and how does firm purpose...