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Show filtersWhen big co-ops fail
The international co-operative movement has seen a series of catastrophic failures of large scale co-operatives in…
Italy’s new co-op giant should remember its rich history
Italy has a long and successful tradition of co-operative enterprise. The first co-operatives began in the…
How can co-operatives contribute to the future of work?
With increasing challenges brought by demographic changes, technological developments, globalisation or climate change, the world of…
Member economic participation: turning co-operative supporters into co-operative investors
The path to member economic participation, one of the core co-operative principles, never did run smooth.…
Report features twenty best practices from Latin American co-operatives
Cooperatives Europe has released a new report that showcases 20 of the best co-operative practices from…
Saigon co-operative makes top 10 Asia Pacific retailers list
A retail co-operative from Ho Chi Minh City has been included in a list of the…
The Marcora Law: an effective tool of active employment policy
Camillo De Berardinis, managing director of CFI, (Cooperazione Finanza Impresa – Cooperation Finance Enterprise), looks at how the Marcora…
China’s farm co-ops sow for growth
Co-operatives in China are on the rise, especially in the agricultural sector. As Chinese new year…
Who controls and owns the Co-operative Group?
Eight million members own at least £1 each in the Co-operative Group. But another portion of…
How much do co-operatives pay their directors?
While it is hard to make broad comparisons on how businesses choose to remunerate their directors,…
