Contextualizing the Governance of Community Co-operatives: Evidence from Austria and Germany

Voluntas

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 706-730

  Lang, Richard ^a   Roessl, Dietmar ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Community co operatives; Governance; Institutional theory; Public services

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AUSTRIA; GERMANY;

EID: 80155135604     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-011-9210-8     Document Type: Article

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