Panel data on the entry of both worker cooperative and capitalist firms in Spain are used to test the spatial determinants at regional level. Cooperative firms in general are also included in the analysis. We focus on supply, demand and institutional factors, including specific factors of...

The article analyses the evolution of the employment created by cooperative societies and its relationship with total employment in Spain during 1994-2007. We focus, first, on the comparison of the convergence processes of cooperative and total employments and second, on their relationship, in...

Analysis of entrepreneurs' motives in the framework of organizational behavior theory is a popular research area regarding female entrepreneurship. This study analyzes women entrepreneurs' motives (propensity for risk, finding a work–life balance, desire to develop business skills, need to...