Defining the co-operative difference

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2168-2177

  Novkovic, Sonja ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co operative firms; Co operative principles; Externalities; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549085716     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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