WORKERS CO-OPERATIVES THEIR EMPLOYMENT POTENTIAL

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...

Community Cohesion in Rural UK: The Case of Rural Co-operatives and their Potential for Local Communities

The debate concerning sustainability and growth in rural areas of the UK is attracting the attention of policymakers at both national and local levels. Little surprise, as the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) indicates that the net migration from urban to rural areas in England in 2009 was 92,000 people (CRC, 2010). This figure reveals a renewed interest shown by people to move to the cou...

Confronting three revolutions : Western European consumer co - operatives and their divergent development , 1950 - 2008

Productivity and efficiency analysis of horticultural co-operatives

Development of the horticultural sector in the Mediterranean agricultural areas of Spain is closely linked to the activity of co-operative organisations for the production and marketing of produce. These entities are especially important in finding answers to current demand requirements in the food market, bearing in mind the small family-scale nature of many of the farm enterprises in this sec...