Environmental co-operatives as a new mode of rural governance

Overview of Corporate Governance Issues for Co - operatives

* Dr Linda Shaw is Head of Research and Project Development at the Co-operative College. She has worked in higher and adult education as a researcher and a lecturer at the University of Manchester and the Open University and also within the NGO sector internationally. She has written on gender and labour issues, codes of conduct and most recently on Fair Trade and co-operatives for both academi...

The impact of purchasing co-operatives

The proportion of hospital turnover linked to purchasing co-operatives will rise from the present 45% to 90% in 2010, according to the study Future Relevance and Consequences of Hospital Purchasing Cooperatives for Medical Technology Suppliers in Germany, commissioned by the German medical technology association BVMed from the consultancy firm Simon Kucher & Partners. ‘The bundling together...

Member Value in Co-operatives

Until today there is a research gap considering the question, what motivates a member to enter or leave a co-op, resp. what are the reasons to stay in a co-operative. The majority of studies about this topic mainly focus on economic factors and the rational behavior of the member. However, co-ops also have other purposes not associated with financial goals. The presented paper is proposing a ne...

The emergence of a new mode of rural governance driven by rural programs: a case study from Nanjing, China

Rethinking rural co-operatives in development: introduction to the policy arena

Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online's data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. Abstract The global resurgence of cooperatives has given rise to debate about their role in development. What challenges do they offer to current models of...