Co-operatives are seen as communities working collectively to achieve common goals. One
of their main principles is that of being concerned about the communities in which they …

Abstract Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from membership of a co-
operative. This study aims to test previous antecedents of why SMEs join a co-operative. We …

With this paper we aim to analyse how new entrepreneurial strategies are emerging in the
field of agricultural cooperatives within the Region of Valencia (Spain), and how these …

The cooperative movement has played a very important role in the social and economic
development of all countries since 19th century's second half. Cooperatives provide health …

Cooperatives are a specific type of organisation. For nearly a century, they have represented
an important means of organisational and strategic structuring of agricultural and food …

This paper discusses the importance of acknowledging and understanding the
heterogeneity among cooperatives. Many studies on agricultural cooperatives, particularly …

Although securing data on the size of the co-operative enterprise sector is difficult, research
information collected by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) suggests that globally …

The article focuses on the identification of connection patterns between socioeconomic
characteristics and respondents' motivation. The research was performed on a sample of …

Современная система агробизнеса характеризуется наличием уни кального института-
сельскохозяйственной кооперации, которая иг рает особую роль в развитии аграрных …

Background: There are still complexities, paradoxes, and ambiguities in both co-operative
business concepts and practices. Co-operatives will succeed only where people design the …