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People-centred businesses = co-operatives, mutuals and the idea of membership /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	People-centred businesses/ Johnston Birchall.
Reminder of title:	co-operatives, mutuals and the idea of membership /
Author:	Birchall, Johnston.
Published:	Basingstoke [U.K.] ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2011.,
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 227 p.)
[NT 15003449]:	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 --
Subject:	Cooperative societies. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295292An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230295292 (electronic bk.)

People-centred businesses = co-operatives, mutuals and the idea of membership /
Birchall, Johnston.

People-centred businessesco-operatives, mutuals and the idea of membership /[electronic resource] :Johnston Birchall. - Basingstoke [U.K.] ;Palgrave Macmillan,2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 227 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 --

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 became 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: 9780230295292 (electronic bk.)

Source: 305944Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

601765
Cooperative societies.
Subjects--Index Terms:

MutualsIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD2963 / .B57 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 334

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