Cooperatives cross into many sectors and provide for a variety of members needs.
Individuals, businesses and government bodies have found that by joining together, they can merge resources, recognize economies of scale, and share skills. Service co-ops have developed as a response to common needs shared by groups of businesses or governments. In worker cooperatives, the workers are the owners of the business. They manage their work environment and the business as best suits them. Workers are driven to develop skills in order to fulfill their responsibility as owners of the business.