Cooperativism, as an agent of social innovation, significantly contributes to fostering a dynamic economy and plays a fundamental role in rural areas. Analyses of profitability in cooperatives versus Investor-Owned Firms (IOFs) show disparate results depending on the methodology and indicators...

Cooperatives are the basis of the social economy in many agricultural sectors. The present research work investigates the management situation of the olive oil cooperatives in Spain. The study identifies a typology of cooperatives based on their attitudes towards to the sector: three categories...

This paper aims to analyse the several possible commercial strategies that can be developed bay cooperative oil mills, looking mainly at quality strategies. The agro-food sector is experiencing a very important globalization process which can made it difficult for small and medium-size companies...