Research Handbook on Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise : Case Studies of Or...

Research Handbook on Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise : Case Studies of Organisational Resilience in the Co-operative Business Model, Hardcover by Mazzarol, Tim (EDT); Reboud, Sophie (EDT); Limnios, Elena Mamouni (EDT); Clark, Delwyn (EDT), ISBN 0857937774, ISBN-13 9780857937773, Brand New, Free shipping in the USThis volume collects research investigating the co-operative business model (and mutual enterprises), and its sustainability and resilience. The five key research questions addressed by the volume are: the factors that cause a co-operative to abandon its principles, values; and business model and transform into an investor owned firm; how co-operatives measure and communicate the true value of memberships; whether there are best practice examples of co-operative boards that provide lessons for future co-operative business models; how co-operatives may successfully participate in financial markets without compromising principles, values, and business model; and the relative value and viability to alternatives to the "one-member-one-vote" principle normally associated with co-operatives. The research draws on examples from different sectors and different countries and is presented in 28 chapters organized into sections basically organized in accord with the above-mentioned issues. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()