An Assessment of Loan Regulations for Rural Housing Cooperatives by Anne Reynolds of UWCC and Hugh Jeffers of NCB Development Corporation. The report includes four case studies of rural housing co-ops.
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The options being considered included expanding in existing markets, entering into new markets, or growing via product alliances and innovation. The experience of the company's U.K. subsidiary demonstrated that as the food retail sector consolidated, being the supplier of choice was becoming increasingly difficult. Product and service innovation was the key to survival. The role of a dairy cooperative in expanding the European position. Zen-Noh, the largest cooperative in the world with its base in Japan, wants to develop a special beef program at a time when the beef trade of Japan is being liberalized.