TY - BOOK AU - Battilani,Patrizia AU - Schröter,Harm G. TI - The cooperative business movement, 1950 to the present T2 - Comparative perspectives in business history SN - 9781107545816 AV - HD2956 .C647 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Cooperative societies KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History N2 - "The Cooperative Business Movement, 1950 to the Present The United Nations declared 2012 the year of cooperatives, emphasizing that there is an alternative to privately owned firms. While greed and mismanagement have caused world financial and economic crises, co-ops offer another type of business for economic activities that is less exposed to aggressive capitalism. This book provides a problem- oriented overview of the development of cooperatives over the last fifty years. The worldwide study addresses the major challenges cooperatives face, such as the organizational innovations introduced in order to acquire necessary risk-capital and implement growth-related strategies, the wave of demutualization in developed nations and their ability to construct an original consumer politics"-- UR - http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/28982/cover/9781107028982.jpg UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012012293-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012012293-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1210/2012012293-t.html ER -