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Past, present and future of empirical research on employee-owned firms: a structured literature review over 1970–2019

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  • Thibault Mirabel

    (EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Purpose This paper reviews the evolution, current state and ongoing trends of the empirical literature on employee-owned firms (EOFs). Design/methodology/approach Using a structured literature review methodology, I analyze 280 empirical publications on EOFs published in English peer-reviewed academic journals over the 1970–2019 period. Findings Two generations (before and after 2001) of the EOF empirical literature are identified and characterized in terms of authors, journals, topics, methods, targets, relations to theoretical modeling and countries studied. Two research trends are structuring the current generation: one investigating diverse research questions engaging EOFs as emblematic forms of social economy, and the other comparing EOFs to conventional firms to offer insights mainly into the seminal question of the EOF relative rarity. Research limitations/implications The sample studied does not take into account articles written in languages other than English and does not include books. Originality/value This article displays the first structured literature review of the EOF empirical literature.

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  • Thibault Mirabel, 2021. "Past, present and future of empirical research on employee-owned firms: a structured literature review over 1970–2019," Post-Print hal-03274901, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03274901
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    Cited by:

    1. Flavio Delbono & Diego Lanzi & Carlo Reggiani, 2022. "Beyond Illyria: Workers' Firm in Mixed Oligopoly," Working Papers wp1170, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
    2. Delbono, Flavio & Lanzi, Diego & Reggiani, Carlo, 2023. "Workers’ firm in mixed duopoly," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    3. Mehmet A. Yetim & Furkan A. Gur, 2024. "When they are more than just employees: Environmentally conscious decision‐making in employee‐owned organizations," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(4), pages 2694-2711, May.

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