The aim of this work is to explore the patterns of corporate governance in agricultural co-operative firms, where the suppliers are also the company owners. We raise the question of how they control management and what are the factors which limit managers’ actions to achieve the objectives of...

The paper investigates whether the co-operative format influences the competitive advantages of companies adopting it. To accomplish this, we have carried out an empirical analysis focusing on retail pharmacy companies operating in 10 provinces of central and southern Spain. The results show...

The present essay argues about increasing both, the university pertinence, and the local economic development by creating a new type of firm called “meso-enterprise”. The meso-enterprise is characterized by being an independent and hierarchical organization; depending on knowledge an...