2002 Conference Overview

Review Abstracts of Papers Delivered at 2002 Conference

The theme of the June, 2002 conference was “From Mondragon to America” – Community Economic Development and the Knowledge Based Economy (KBE), is taken from the title of Dr. Greg MacLeod’s book on the Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa (MCC). The United Nations has deemed the MCC as one of the top 50 social economic experiments. 

Cape Breton University’s business and MBA/CED faculty are offering you a chance to explore the concept of community business corporations, from local and international perspectives. 

The program is structured around Community Development Corporations, and will address the multiple perspectives embedded within the following  themes:

 1. The Key to Success in the Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa
 2. Can the Mondragon Model be replicated?
 3. Local Community Business Initiatives in Canada & the US involving the KBE
 4.  How to Build Community Business Development Successes?


2001 Conference

This conference focused on New Dawn Enterprises, which was celebrating its 25 th anniversary.


2000 Conference

This was Tompkins Institutes first conference on Community Economics. This conference dealt with Mondragon, New Dawn as well as CED efforts in Quebec, New Brunswick and Western Canada. It also looked at Credit Unions and financial issues around CED.