| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
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| 副題名: |
co-operatives, mutuals and the idea of membership |
| 作者: |
BirchallJohnston., |
| 其他團體作者: |
Palgrave Connect (Online service) |
| 出版地: |
Basingstoke [U.K.] New York |
| 出版者: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| 出版年: |
2011 |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource (viii, 227 p.) |
| 標題: |
Cooperative societies. - |
| 標題: |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Economics - |
| 標題: |
Mutuals |
| 電子資源: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295292An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| 附註: |
Description based on print version record. |
| 摘要註: |
Johnston Birchall provides a radical new way of seeing business organizations. Distinguishing between investor and member ownership, he enables consumer, producer and employee-owned businesses to emerge clearly from a fog of misunderstanding. Drawing on economic and sociological theories, he explains why this type of business began, survived, died out or beclme dominant in particular markets. Providing chapters on: consumer co-operatives; building societies and savings and loans; co-operative banks and credit unions; housing co-operatives; friendly societies and mutual insurers; farmer and retailer-owned businesses; member-owned public services and utilities; and co-operatives in developing countries, he finds demutualization has only affected some sectors while in others the idea of membership has been revitalized. The banking crisis has had little impact on co-operative banks, whose risk-averse business strategy is a model for a reformed banking sector. He concludes that member-ownership can be both a weakness and a strength; lack of member involvement in governance leads to business failure, while a membership-driven strategy leads to success even in very competitive markets. |
| ISBN: |
9780230295292electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230295290electronic bk. |
| 內容註: |
People-centred Businesses Theorising the Rise and Fall of Member-owned Businesses Consumer-owned Retail Businesses Consumer-owned Insurance Providers Consumer Ownership of Housing Consumer Ownership in Public Services and Utilities Consumer/Producer Owned Banks Producer-owned and Employee-owned Businesses The Peculiar History of 'Member-owned' Businesses in Developing Countries The Idea of Membership -- |