Purpose – It is generally recognized that consumer cooperatives are at a disadvantage when raising capital as compared … to conventional capitalist firms. The purpose of this paper is to explore a method for consumer cooperatives to issue … strengthen the financial viability of consumer cooperatives in the market economy. Design/methodology/approach – The author first …

cooperatives (SACCOs). Design/methodology/approach – The data set used in this study comes from SACCOs’ audited financial reports …

’ level of trust and commitment to marketing cooperatives in rural Ethiopia. Findings The results of the study indicate that … longer in the cooperative, and when cooperatives are older. The authors also learnt that both trust and commitment have … established with external help, such as agricultural cooperatives in Africa, seem to struggle to earn the trust of their current …

the long-term, harmonious co-existence of humans within the natural environment. …

environment. …

environment, this paper seeks to scrutinize specific global environmental transfer mechanisms in the light of proposed definitions …