One of the biggest challenges for co-operatives and mutuals is gaining access to capital for growth,…
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Show filtersHow should co-operative banks deal with the negative rates dilemma?
A small German co-operative bank, Raiffeisenbank Gmund, has introduced a negative interest rate on deposits. Well,…
How does the size of a co-op affect its community interaction?
A group of co-op store managers share their thoughts on how they work with with communities.…
Finding your voice: how the Co-op Group is giving members say
“The concept of members having a say in their society is older than the Rochdale Pioneers,” says Mark…
Social innovation and the social and solidarity economy
Simel Esim and Waltteri Katajamaki from the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Cooperatives Unit look at the importance…
A co-operative vision for public services
How can we build an economy for people, not profit? It can be done from the…
When 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…
Investing in the co-operative movement
If you are looking to support the wider co-operative movement, you could join the ranks 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.…
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…
The co-operative disadvantage: Why the movement needs a level playing field
Who would voluntarily choose to be a co-operative or a community benefit society? Or – to…
