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Labour management may be understood as a generic concept for all cases when enterprises are managed by those working in them. Institutional forms of such enterprises differ and also the degree of self-management varies. It may be expected that labour-managed firms and economies will behave differently from those run by capitalist or state managers.
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Horvat, B. (1990). Labour-Managed Economies. In: Eatwell, J., Milgate, M., Newman, P. (eds) Problems of the Planned Economy. The New Palgrave. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-20863-0_19
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