When co-operatives were first invented, it was assumed their membership would be limited to one type of user. The Rochdale Pioneers favoured consumers, and employee representation was deliberately limited to a set percentage of board members. Similarly, Schulze Delitsch and Raiffeisen privileged farmers, Buchez workers, insurance mutuals those who are insured, and so on. Recently, Italian social co-operatives have developed a different model in which all the relevant stakeholders become members: those who are cared for, the carers, the workers, and volunteers. Also, occasionally dual stakeholder co-operatives have been designed. Eroski, the big retailer located in the Iberian peninsula, has both consumers and workers in membership, and iCoop in Korea has both consumers and farmers. This paper has two aims, to set out some of the theoretical arguments for and against multi-stakeholder governance, to look at examples of multi-stakeholder models in practice, and to generate from this a set of research questions.

The comparative advantages of single and multi-stakeholder co-operatives / Birchall, Johnston; Sacchetti, Silvia. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno Global Research Conference International Cooperative Allience tenutosi a University of Stirling nel 20-23 June 2017).

The comparative advantages of single and multi-stakeholder co-operatives

Sacchetti, Silvia
2017-01-01

Abstract

When co-operatives were first invented, it was assumed their membership would be limited to one type of user. The Rochdale Pioneers favoured consumers, and employee representation was deliberately limited to a set percentage of board members. Similarly, Schulze Delitsch and Raiffeisen privileged farmers, Buchez workers, insurance mutuals those who are insured, and so on. Recently, Italian social co-operatives have developed a different model in which all the relevant stakeholders become members: those who are cared for, the carers, the workers, and volunteers. Also, occasionally dual stakeholder co-operatives have been designed. Eroski, the big retailer located in the Iberian peninsula, has both consumers and workers in membership, and iCoop in Korea has both consumers and farmers. This paper has two aims, to set out some of the theoretical arguments for and against multi-stakeholder governance, to look at examples of multi-stakeholder models in practice, and to generate from this a set of research questions.
2017
International Cooperative Alliance Global Research Conference "Developing inclusive and responsible business"
ICA
Stirling
ICA
Birchall, Johnston; Sacchetti, Silvia
The comparative advantages of single and multi-stakeholder co-operatives / Birchall, Johnston; Sacchetti, Silvia. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017). (Intervento presentato al convegno Global Research Conference International Cooperative Allience tenutosi a University of Stirling nel 20-23 June 2017).
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