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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 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...

A Co-operative Web Services Paradigm for Supporting Crawlers

The traditional crawlers used by search engines to build their collection of Web pages frequently gather unmodified pages that already exist in their collection. This creates unnecessary Internet traffic and wastes search engine resources during page collection and indexing. Generally, the crawlers are also unable to collect dynamic pages, causing them to miss valuable information, and they can...

Co-operative farm credit for unemployed graduates in iran:an evaluation of the program in fars province

How Does Primary Dairy Cooperative Perform? A Study of Physical and Financial Performance Variables in West Bengal State in India

This paper attempts to examine the physical and financial performance of some primary dairy co-operatives in west Bengal state in Indian context. The study suggests that financial performance indicators dominate over physical ones, and all the dominating variables have long term positive impact on primary milk producers’ co-operative societies (PMPCSs). Also, the significant impact of financial...