Research Handbook on Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise: Case Studies of Organisational Resilience in the Co-operative Business Model (Research Handbooks in Business and Management series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783472146 ISBN 13: 9781783472147

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Edited by Tim Mazzarol, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia and Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France, Sophie Reboud, Groupe ESC Dijon Bourgogne, Dijon, France and University of Western Australia, Perth, Elena Mamouni Limnios, University of Western Australia and Delwyn Clark, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783472146
• ISBN 13: 9781783472147
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Mazzarol Tim, Reboud Sophie, Mamouni Limnios Elena, Clark Delwyn