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Reset search and filtersJournal of Organization Design
An academic case study of how Buurtzorg scaled a self-managing organization using supportive structures, internal coaches, and purpose-built information systems.
University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
A University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives report summarizing governance structures, practices, and culture among U.S. worker co-ops based on survey data.
International Cooperative Alliance
An ICA governance paper on how cooperatives can balance democratic principles, flexibility, resilience, and complexity.
arXiv
A research paper reviewing data cooperatives as democratic models for collectively managing and benefiting from data.
VOLUNTAS / Springer Nature
An academic article examining sociocracy in nonprofit organizations and the opportunities and inequalities that can emerge in practice.
arXiv
An academic paper examining whether peer production projects become more oligarchic as they grow.