Co-operatives are found in all industry sectors and almost all countries around the world. However, despite their significant economic and social contributions, the academic literature has largely ignored these important businesses. This book is a detailed examination of the co-operative enterprise business model and the factors that help to enhance its sustainability and resilience, as well as those forces that lead to its destruction. The authors synthesize theories of business model design and strategic and marketing management to examine the forces that sustain and enhance co-operative enterprise. Organised into six themes and focussed on five key research questions, the chapters explore case studies from around the world and across a wide range of industries and aim to stimulate debate. This comprehensive work expands upon existing research whilst introducing new concepts, and will appeal to both academics and practitioners. It will also interest managers of co-operative enterprises and those who seek to better understand this unique type of business.
Contents: PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS 1. An Overview of the Research Tim Mazzarol, Elena Mamouni Limnios and Sophie Reboud 2. A Conceptual Framework for Research into Co-operative Enterprise Tim Mazzarol, Richard Simmons and Elena Mamouni Limnios 3. Defining Co-operative Enterprise: Towards a Taxonomy of Member-owned Business Johnston Birchall PART II: ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION 4. Irish Agricultural Co-operative Modelling and Remodelling: Responding to a Dynamic Business and Policy Environment Olive McCarthy and Michael Ward 5. Challenge Dairy Co-operative, 2000 - 2010: In Pursuit of Control of the Last Litre of Milk Bradley Plunkett, Fabio R. Chaddad and Michael L. Cook 6. Responding to the External Environment: The Evolution of Brazilian Dairy Co-operatives Fabio R. Chaddad 7. To be or not to be a Co-op? - The Case of Australia's Grain Co-operatives CBH and ABB Grain Tim Mazzarol, Elena Mamouni Limnios and Richard Simmons PART III: BEST PRACTICE IN CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE 8. Leadership and Coordination in Federated Co-operative Systems: Insights from a Federated Marketing System F. Nicoleta Uzea and Murray E. Fulton 9. Pacemaker Co-operatives Across Primary Industries: What Drives Organisational Resilience? Elena Mamouni Limnios, Tim Mazzarol and Geoffrey N. Soutar 10. Different Fortunes of Three Vegetable Farmer Co-operatives in China Xuchu Xu, Qiao Liang and Yuling Gao 11. Losing Sight of Purpose - the United Farmers Co-operative Company Elena Mamouni Limnios and Tim Mazzarol 12. Recommendations for Board of Directors from the Co-operative Model Isabelle Allemand, Benedicte Brullebaut and Sophie Raimbault PART IV: THE TRUE VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP 13. Measuring and Communicating the True Value of Membership: The Case of the Pindos Poultry Co-operative Constantine Iliopoulos and Irini Theodorakopoulou 14. Common Assumptions and Co-operative Membership: The Case of the Irish Credit Union Movement Noreen Byrne 15. Marketing Our Co-operative Advantage (MOCA): The Challenges of Implementation Georgina Whyatt and Sophie Reboud 16. Generating Value for Members: The Case of an Austrian Co-operative Bank Dietmar Roessl and Isabella Hatak 17. The Social Value of Multi-stakeholder Co-operatives: The Case of the CEFF System in Italy Silvia Sacchetti and Ermanno C. Tortia 18. Mobility Car Sharing: An Evolving Co-operative Structure Peter Suter and Markus Gmur 19. Case Study of a Meat Co. Ltd Lawson Savery PART V: PARTICIPATION IN FINANCIAL MARKETS 20. The Financing of Mondragon Co-operatives: A Legal Analysis Izaskun Alzola Berriozabalgotia 21. The Italian Co - operative Banking and Financial System: Institutions, Performances and Theoretical Background Marco Mazzoli and Gabriele Quadrelli 22. Governance, Organisational Design, Financial Structure and Investments in a Co-operative Firm Marco Mazzoli PART VI: INNOVATION IN CO-OPERATIVES 23. Shared Services and Performing Arts Co-operatives Edwin Juno-Delgado, Maureen McCulloch and Christine Sinapi 24. Innovation in Agricultural Co-operatives: Contrasting Images, the Example of Sparkling Wine and Cereals Michel Martin, Sophie Reboud and Corinne Tanguy 25. Evolution of a Modern Co-operative Business Model: The Case of Livestock Improvement Corporation Delwyn Clark 26. Organisational Innovation in Fresh Produce Co-operatives; the Case of FresQ in The Netherlands Jos Bijman 27. Citizen-Based Co-operatives in the Field of Renewable Energy: The Case of Solargenossenschaft Rosenheim Elisabeth Reiner, Richard Lang and Dietmar Roessl PART VII: DRAWING CONCLUSIONS 28. Conclusions and Lessons Learnt Tim Mazzarol, Delwyn Clark, Sophie Reboud and Elena Mamouni Limnios Index
