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The accumulation of financial and social capital as a means to achieve a sustained competitive advantage for consumer co-operatives
(Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2013-12-12)
By so far, scholars have discussed how the characteristics of consumer co-operatives (cooperative
principles, values and the dual role of members as the users and owners) can
potentially give them a competitive advantage ...
The purpose of consumer co-operation: implications for the management and governance of co-operatives
(Lappeenranta University of Technology, 2012-11-30)
Extant research on consumer co-operation has acknowledged that the corporate purpose of
consumer co-operatives deviates significantly from the purpose of investor-owned firms
(IOFs – the dominant form in market economies ...