UID:
kobvindex_INTNLM01090347X
Format:
1 online resource (608 p)
ISBN:
9781783472024
Series Statement:
Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
Content:
Co-operatives are found in all industry sectors and almost all countries around the world. However, despite their significant economic and social contributions, the academic literature has largely ignored these important businesses. This book is a detailed examination of the co-operative enterprise business model and the factors that help to enhance its sustainability and resilience, as well as those forces that lead to its destruction. The authors synthesize theories of business model design and strategic and marketing management to examine the forces that sustain and enhance co-operative enterprise. Organised into six themes and focussed on five key research questions, the chapters explore case studies from around the world and across a wide range of industries and aim to stimulate debate. This comprehensive work expands upon existing research whilst introducing new concepts, and will appeal to both academics and practitioners. It will also interest managers of co-operative enterprises and those who seek to better understand this unique type of business
Content:
part I. Theoretical foundations -- part II. Organisational transformation -- part III. Best practice in co-operative governance -- part IV. The true value of membership -- part V. Participation in financial markets -- part VI. Innovation in co-operatives -- part VII. Drawing conclusions
Note:
Includes index
Additional Edition:
Available in another form ISBN 0857937774
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857937773(hardback)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0857937774
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857937773
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4337/9781783472024
URL:
FULL
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