Over the last three decades, cooperatives experienced acceleration of institutional innovation with the introduction of many variations to the reference model. It is certainly not surprising that coops changed their organizational structure over time to face the challenges of world. In the...

Americanization is the transfer of values in the economy from the usa. Europe experienced three waves: in the 1920s, during the boom-phase 1949-1973, and since 1985. By using Americanization as a cultural concept, we cannot only describe the waves but explain why they occurred: The Europeans...