The involvement of members in the governance of large-scale co-operative and mutual businesses: A formative evaluation of the co-operative group

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-515

  Birchall, Johnston ^a   Simmons, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operatives; Mutual incentives theory; Size and democracy; Stakeholder involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344264241     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034676042000296236     Document Type: Review

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