Abstract
Professor Nutzinger has written a succinct review of empirical research into German codetermination. In my comments I will dwell on some of his main points and, by reference to recent empirical work on producer (industrial/worker) cooperatives and British retail cooperatives (in which there are worker directors), I will show how these arguments have broader applicability.
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Jones, D.C. (1989). Codetermination in West Germany: Institutions and Experiences: Comment. In: Codetermination. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61326-5_11
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