Worker Cooperatives and their Entrepreneurial Process. Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Evidence from the Worker Cooperatives Established in the Valencian Community, 2008-2014

The context of worker cooperatives is significantly different from that of traditional firms, and so the study of entrepreneurship also differs considerably. The analysis of the creation of worker cooperatives requires differentiated approaches, as the more conventional models of entrepreneurship do not prove adequate to this end. We analyze certain determinants of the entrepreneurial process from a sociocultural perspective, which is applicable specifically to this type of firm.