People-Centred Businesses [electronic resource] : Co-operatives, Mutuals and the Idea of Membership /
Birchall, J.author.
So what is a member-owned business? What does it look like? How can we distinguish it from an investor-owned business? The crucial distinction is between a business that is people-centred, and one that is money-centred. This book explores the growing number of companies which use this model and their wider significance in society.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; 1 People-Centred Businesses; 2 Theorising the Rise and Fall of Member-owned Businesses; 3 Consumer-owned Retail Businesses; 4 Consumer-owned Insurance Providers; 5 Consumer-ownership of Housing; 6 Consumer-ownership in Public Services and Utilities; 7 Consumer/Producer-owned Banks; 8 Producer-owned and Employee-owned Businesses; 9 The Peculiar History of 'Member-owned' Businesses in Developing Countries; 10 The Idea of Membership; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
So what is a member-owned business? What does it look like? How can we distinguish it from an investor-owned business? The crucial distinction is between a business that is people-centred, and one that is money-centred. This book explores the growing number of companies which use this model and their wider significance in society.
Management.
Organization.
Planning.
Leadership.
Behavioral economics.
International economics.
Development economics.
Management.
Organization.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.
International Economics.
Development Economics.
Mutuals