Do Labour Societies Perform Differently To Cooperatives? Evidence From The Spanish Building Industry

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 61-81

  Sáez Fernández, Francisco J ^a,c   Picazo Tadeo, Andrés J ^b   Llorca Rodríguez, Carmen M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe   (Chile)

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EID: 84857463133     PISSN: 13704788     EISSN: 14678292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8292.2011.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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