Scale and Impact

Here are some resources on scale and impact.

Staff Picks
Title Format Source
2023 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector Report PDF
Economic Recovery and Employee Ownership The National League of Cities
The Cooperative Growth Ecosystem: Inclusive Economic Development in Action PDF Democracy at Work Institute and Project Equity
Worker Co-ops: Weathering the Storm of COVID-19 PDF The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
Working With Small Business Cooperatives: A Guide for Public Sector, Private Sector, and Nonprofit Allies PDF Business Enterprise Institute at The University of Alaska Anchorage, Democracy at Work Institute
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Title Format Source
2021 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector Report PDF Democracy at Work Institute, US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
2023 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector Report PDF
A Comparative Analysis of Cooperative Sectors in Scotland, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland PDF Cooperative Development Scotland (Scottish Enterprise)
A Targeted Approach to Worker Co-op Development: Lessons from Mondragon and Northern Italy
Becoming Employee Owned: A Small Business Toolkit for Transitioning to Employee Ownership PDF
Building a Platform for Economic Democracy: A Cooperative Development Strategy for the Bronx PDF MIT/CoLab
Building Resilient Sustainable Economies via the Cooperative Sector and Flexible Specialization: Lessons from the Emilia Romagna Region of Italy PDF Appalachian State University
Capturing the Imagination of Future Social Entrepreneurs: A Robust University Based Anchor Institution-led Development Model PDF University of Winnipeg Community Renewal Corporation
Concept Paper: Asset Building through Cooperative Business Ownership: Defining and Measuring Cooperative Economic Wealth PDF University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, “Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives” (REIC)
Creating Jobs through Cooperative Development PDF The National Economic Development & Law Center; Center for Cooperatives, University of California
Democracy at Work Institute/USFWC Press Kit
Economic Recovery and Employee Ownership The National League of Cities
Employee Ownership: A Triple Win Solution PDF
Ensuring Cannabis Equity Through Shared Ownership PDF Democracy at Work Institute
Expanding Your Worker Cooperative Business: A Guide to Licensing & Franchising PDF
How Economic Democracy Impacts Workers, Firms, and Communities PDF Democracy at Work Institute
Inclusive Capitalism for the American Workforce: Reaping the Rewards of Economic Growth through Broad-based Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing PDF Center for American Progress
Innovative Financial Models to Spur Worker to Owner Conversions Concerned Capital
Legacy Business: Our opportunity to build wealth, economy, and culture PDF
Owning Your Own Job Is A Beautiful Thing: Community Wealth Building in Cleveland, Ohio. PDF The Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland
Preliminary Census of Worker Cooperatives in the United States PDF US Federation of Worker Cooperatives
Research on the Economic Impact of Cooperatives PDF University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
Seeding Equity: A New Community-Based Model of Public Investment in Worker Cooperatives for Excluded Workers
Social Coops and Social Care: An Emerging Role for Civil Society PDF unknown
Social Development in an Uncertain World: UNRISD Research Agenda 2010–2014 PDF United Nations/UNRISD
Subjects of Scale / Spaces of Possibility: Producing Co-operative Space in Theory and Enterprise PDF UMASS-Amherst
Taking Employee Ownership To Scale PDF Democracy at Work Institute, The Democracy Collaborative
The Cooperative Growth Ecosystem: Inclusive Economic Development in Action PDF Democracy at Work Institute and Project Equity
The Role of Local Cooperative Development Agencies in Promoting Worker Cooperatives PDF
The Social and Solidarity Economy: Towards an ‘Alternative’ Globalisation PDF UNESCO
The Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives:Exploring the Potential of Co-op Led Development PDF St. Mary's University
Worker Co-ops: Weathering the Storm of COVID-19 PDF The U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
Worker Cooperative Support System in NYC [ppt] Presentation MIT
Worker Cooperatives - Pathways to Scale PDF Democracy Collaborative
Workers to Owners 2019 Data Brief PDF Workers to Owners
Working With Small Business Cooperatives: A Guide for Public Sector, Private Sector, and Nonprofit Allies PDF Business Enterprise Institute at The University of Alaska Anchorage, Democracy at Work Institute