Co-operative Development and Corporate GovernanceStructures in German Co-operatives– Problems and Perspectives

The tasks as well as the types of co-operatives within an economy have continuouslybeen discussed for nearly two hundred years. Since the days ofOwen, the principles as well as the appearance of co-operatives have beenheavily disputed. This became evident by the controversy between Huber,Schulze-Delitzsch, and Lassalle (Faust 1977: 255ff) on whether co-operativesare self-help instruments and whether or not governmental help should be appliedfor or avoided. So far, this question has not been answered in a generallyaccepted way.... []

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Year of publication:	2006
Authors:	Kramer, Jost W.
Institutions:	Hochschule <Wismar> / Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Subject:	Marktwirtschaft \| Corporate Governance \| Kapitalismus \| capitalism

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1. Introduction
2. Co-operative Ideologies in Capitalism
2.1. Motives for the Development of the First Co-operatives
2.2. Social Aims of Early Co-operatives
2.3. Current Social Ideology of Co-operatives
3. Co-operatives in a Market Economy
3.1. Definition of the Co-operative Concept
3.2. The European Co-operative Discussion
4. Structural Economic Types of the Co-operative According to Dülfer
4.1. Executively Operating Co-operative (traditional co-operative)
4.2. Market-Linkage Co-operative (market co-operative)
4.3. Integrated Co-operative
5. Property Rights Theory and Co-operatives
6. Attenuation of Property Rights
7. Structural Influences of the Legal Form, the RegisteredCo-operative
7.1. General Structure
7.2. Structural Details
8. The Allocation of Property Rights within a Co-operative
9. Where are the Problems?
9.1. The Promotion Principle
9.2. The Identity Principle
9.3. The Democracy Principle
9.4. The Solidarity Principle
10. What could be done?
11. Summary
References
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