In Germany exist a large number of co-operatives that are engaged in a broad variety of business activities. Their organisational structure is determined by co-operative law and to a lesser degree by statutes or by-laws. As has been shown for German rural co-operatives by applying property...

Nach 2001 (zum ehrenamtlichen Engagement) und 2006 (über die Schaffungneuer Arbeitsplätze) hat der Bundesverein zur Förderung des Genossenschaftsgedankense.V. im Jahr 2009 bereits zum dritten Mal den Wettbewerbum den Genossenschaftspreis ausgeschrieben. Dadurch möchte der Bundesvereinauf den...

The tasks as well as the types of co-operatives within an economy have continuouslybeen discussed for nearly two hundred years. Since the days ofOwen, the principles as well as the appearance of co-operatives have beenheavily disputed. This became evident by the controversy between...

The tasks as well as the types of co-operatives within an economy have continuously been discussed for nearly two hundred years. Since the days of Owen, the principles as well as the appearance of co-operatives have been heavily disputed. This became evident by the controversy between Huber,...

Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert kurz die Struktur deutscher Genossenschaften aus dem Blickwinkel der Property-Rights-Theorie (vgl. Kramer 2002). Dabei zeigt sich, dass dieser im Bereich der Genossenschaftsforschung bis dato eher vernachlässigte Theorieansatz durchaus zur Verfolgung von...

The notion of social entrepreneurship has gained increasing recognition in the last years, both as an increasingly visible mode of economic action, and as an important policy tool. The paper outlines a typology that departs from a Schumpeterian view of entrepreneurship, that centers on the...

The notion of social entrepreneurship has gained increasing recognition in thelast years, both as an increasingly visible mode of economic action, and as animportant policy tool. The paper outlines a typology that departs from aSchumpeterian view of entrepreneurship, that centers on the creation...