This report explores the spatial dimension of productivity in the co-operatives of Italy, a country where they make up … a relatively large share of total national employment. Co-operatives play a countercyclical role in job creation during … sustainability. Productivity growth ensures that co-operatives can achieve both economic and social goals in the future. This report …

This paper describes an organizational model that is intended to increase the proportion of cooperatives in the economy … starts by looking at the industries where large cooperatives operate. It is shown that there are many industries where there … are no large cooperatives.Cooperatives’ current business models and some new cooperative business models are described …

mechanisms (through profits or shares) as tendencies with a slant towards economic participation. Quality circles and total … quality management could be considered trends that lie within a tendency towards excellence, in the sense that they require …

This paper examines how farmers producing differentiated quality products choose different governance structures in a … in equilibrium and low quality is delivered by the cooperative. The trade-off between pooling and the elimination of the … double markup determines the attractiveness of cooperatives compared to IOFs. …

This paper examines how farmers producing differentiated quality products choose different governance structures in a … in equilibrium and low quality is delivered by the cooperative. The trade-off between pooling and the elimination of the … double markup determines the attractiveness of cooperatives compared to IOFs. …

, have not yet discovered quality as a prime competitive tool. In this paper we see how trading companies and worker co-operatives …The substantial changes in the business environment are causing the idea of quality to emerge as one of the most … important strategic challenges for companies. Still, however, companies in Castilla-La Mancha, much less worker co-operatives …

In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio … present recent data on the amount and types of job creation in cooperatives. We consider co-ops in light of the recent … financial and economic crises. Finally, we offer some observations on cooperatives and innovation, and some perspectives on the …

This paper describes an organizational model that is intended to increase the proportion of co-operatives in the … business. The paper starts by looking at the industries where there are large co-operatives and the industries where there are … no large co-operatives. It is shown that there are many industries where there are no large co-operatives. Co-operatives …

In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio … present recent data on the amount and types of job creation in cooperatives. We consider co-ops in light of the recent … financial and economic crises. Finally, we offer some observations on cooperatives and innovation, and some perspectives on the …