This volume includes theoretical and empirical research into changing institutions and employee participation. Topics covered include - The experience with employee ownership in relation to the fast change of institutions in transitional countries including those in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and China- The influence of the specific institutional setting on development e.g. For the Mondragon Group of coops or the Italian Cooperative Associations, development as affected both by the institutional structure within the group and the surrounding institutions- The influence of legislation in different countries of