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Scale and Impact Resource Guide

A DAWI resource collection focused on scale, impact, cooperative growth, economic recovery, and worker cooperative sector data.

Source: Democracy at Work InstituteAdded June 12, 2026
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It gives practitioners a curated starting point for research and tools related to cooperative scale and impact.

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Users who want a hub of scaling-related worker ownership resources rather than a single report.

This is useful as a navigation resource for the library. It can help readers move from broad interest in scaling toward specific resources on sector data, cooperative growth ecosystems, economic recovery, and resilience.

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