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Re:Who Needs a Boss? by jorleif on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:50AM (#7465786)
It is certainly true that workforce reduction is just one possibility, but what I still wonder is when coops work and when they don't. Somehow it seems to me that they only work when the business is not too scalable, but profit is directly related to work input.
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Re:Who Needs a Boss? by bryanlarsen on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @09:56AM (#7465826)
The majority (by number) of worker co-operatives are places like coffee shops, where revenue is more closely related with the number of customers than work input.

Co-ops are a great structure when profit is directly related to work input, but that's not a requirement.

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Re:Who Needs a Boss? by aestra on Tuesday March 25, 2014 @10:30AM (#7466041)
> I still wonder is when coops work and when they don't

I haven't read it yet, but this might be of use.

http://www.geo.coop/story/why-some-worker-co-ops-succeed-whi...

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