Cooperativist integration, an example of the sixth cooperative principle of inter-cooperation, means the concentration of cooperative enterprises. Of the different means of organization that are covered by the legislation on cooperatives, cooperative groups appear to be a similar concept to that...

Mercantile law and in particular the National Accounting Plan do not consider the peculiarities of co-operatives, derived from their different nature and functioning, and making necessary the existence of rules of adaptation bringing together their peculiarities in order for financial...

The adoption of IASB accounting regulations by the European Union has led to a process of reform in Spanish legislation on corporations, similar to that which occurred at the end of the 1980s. The approval of Law 16/2007 brings with it numerous changes in the legal framework of companies,...

Co-operative principles have a strong economic content and fix peculiarities in the financial structure and generation and sharing of a surplus. In Spain the specific difference between co-operatives and capitalist companies derives from the different rules and laws which have influenced the...