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Document Repository
On this page, documents are available from the moderators of the site.
Key Texts
Key texts on employee-ownership, co-operative and social enterprise development contributed by members.
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Co-operation in the Age of GoogleWidely read and discussed document by Robin Harris for Co-operatives UK (2010) on the future of a co-operative economy in the internet age.
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Co-operative University - Institutional and Educational Offer (Discussion Document)
Document responding to Robin Murray's call for a Co-operative Business School, based on discussions at Co-operative Congress 2011.
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Silent Revolution - A Social Entrepreneurial Polemic
Chapter 1 of Silent Revolution: Creating and Managing Social Enterprises (updated 2010) by Rory Ridley-Duff. The 2002 version of this text played a key part in winning Rory Ridley-Duff a Hallam PhD Studentship to Sheffield Hallam University. This version was revised in during the writing of Understanding Social Enterprise: Theory and Practice.
Academic Articles
Pre-publication versions of academic conference papers and journal articles contributed by members.
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Social Enterprise as a Socially Rational Business
Conference version of the academic paper later published in the Interational Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research (and widely cited). First published in the proceedings of the Social Enterprise Research Conference, 2006.
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The Social Enterprise Mark: a critical review of its conceptual dimensions
Latest version of the controversial paper by Rory Ridley-Duff and Cliff Southcombe. This paper contains revisions following the ISIRC conference at London Southbank University, and will be submitted to the Social Enterprise Journal for peer-review shortly.
Model Rules
Model rules for co-operative and social enterprises published under a Creative Common Licence by their authors.
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Surplus Sharing Model Rules for Co-operatives and Social Enterprises
Version 3.1 of the surplus sharing model rules created by Dr Rory Ridley-Duff at Sheffield Business School. The model rules define Founder shareholders (who act to protect co-operative principles and the social objects of the enterprise), Labour shareholders (who control the enterprise, and receive 50% of surplus value created), and Investor shareholders (who own the enterprise, and receive 50% of surplus value created). The rules are particularly appropriate for the startup and conversion of enterprises seeking to advance democratic control of labour and capital.
Key Reports
Commissioned research by members that has not been published in academic journals, but which makes a contribution to the theory and practice of the social economy.
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Member-Employee Engagement Model
Final report for a Business Link Funded pilot on member-employee engagement in co-operatives and social enterprises. This report examines the impact of using a member-engagement survey, focus groups and organisational development workshop on the staff at Viewpoint Research CIC (an award winning social firm run for the benefit of staff who are disadvantaged in the labour market).