Models of cooperative or democratic multinational enterprise-

• Main Author: ANJEL MARI ERRASTI AMOZARRAIN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) 2004-12-01
• Series: Management Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión
• Subjects: Cooperatives; Internacionalization; Mondragón Corporación Cooperativa; Democracy; Multinationals
• Online Access: http://www.ehu.es/cuadernosdegestion/revista/index.php/en/published-issues?y=2004&v=4&n=2&o=1

In this paper we analyse the possible ways of developing another model of multinational enterprise from three points of view: firstly, we analyse the role that can be played by the codes of conduct as complementary instruments for designing an the social policy of the internationalised cooperatives; in second place, we briefly look at the intercooperative multinational or global cooperative as an alternative to the capitalist multinational business model; finally, from a broader perspective, we make reference to how to develop a model for a more democratic multinational enterprise, as well as to some conditioning factors that affect the functioning and the decision-making process of multinational companies.