Mondragon is a large group of worker cooperatives in Spain, built around the idea that workers can also be owners.

MONDRAGON Corporation / International Cooperative Alliance

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Why it matters

The idea in context

Founded in the Basque Country in 1956, Mondragon grew into a network of self-governing cooperatives. Its lesson is not that every company should copy it exactly, but that ownership is a design choice, not a law of nature.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Mondragon, İspanya’nın Bask Bölgesi’nde doğmuş, çalışanların aynı zamanda ortak olabildiği büyük bir kooperatifler topluluğudur.

1956’da başlayan bu yapı, zamanla kendi kendini yöneten birçok kooperatiften oluşan büyük bir ağa dönüştü. Mondragon’un önemi kusursuz bir model olmasında değil; bir işletmede mülkiyetin ve karar hakkının farklı biçimlerde tasarlanabileceğini göstermesindedir.

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MONDRAGON says it began as a cooperative business project in 1956 and now consists of separate self-governing cooperatives; ICA defines cooperative identity and principles. Sources: https://www.mondragon-corporation.com/en/about-us/ ; https://ica.coop/en/cooperatives/cooperative-identity

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