Despite a continuing interest in the compared efficiency of labor-managed and conventional firms, only a handful of comparative empirical studies exist. These studies suggest that labor-managed firms have the same productivity levels as conventional ones, but organize production differently. However, the data used in these studies cover a single industry, or firms matched by industry and size i...

electronic commerce as one of the most important of innovation aspects in the process of doing business is used by many organizations and companies in the world. cooperatives as the main part of the country's economy have fundamental role in improving and promoting of economic. therefore, innovation methods and tools, new processes and perform business tasks such as e-commerce will play an impo...

the purpose of this research was analysis of contents of extension and education in agricultural cooperatives in the lorestan province, iran. the population of study consisted of 832 members of agricultural cooperative in lorestan province, iran in which 260 people were selected as a sample size, using krejcie and morgan table. the results indicate that more than 66.92 percent of the agricultur...

The successful functioning of cooperative marketing associations in a number of fields has caused foresters to wonder how far this type of organization is adaptable to the handling of forest products. In two previous articles in the JOURNAL OF FOaESTaY • a number of possible advantages and disadvantages of cooperative marketing of timber were brought out. In the present article the analysis of ...

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...

OBJECTIVES To determine the level of demand and supply of out of hours care from a nationally representative sample of general practice cooperatives. DESIGN Observational study based on routinely collected data on telephone calls, patient population data from general practices, and information about cooperatives from interviews with managers. SETTING 20 cooperatives in England and Scotland ...