The Co-operative Management Reform of Chinese Rural Credit Co-operatives (RCCs)

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

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...

Co-Operative Air Traffic Management

Co-Operative Air Traffic Management (COATM) is a concept under exploration at NASA Ames Research Center for transformation of aircraft and air traffic management operations towards the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS). A goal of the CO-ATM concept is to provide a scalable framework to significantly increase NAS capacity and efficiency while maintaining safety. A second goal of ...

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...