Cooperatives and Local Development: Theory and Applications for the 21st Century

by Norman Walzer and Christopher D. Merrett

Book Overview

First Published in 2004. The market economy has changed profoundly over the past two centuries. In the nineteenth century, business enterprises were largely single-product ventures, managed directly by the owners and rooted within national economies. In the twentieth century, firms employed managers who were not owners. Firms also evolved into multiproduct, multiunit entities that could employ thousands of workers. In the twenty-first century, many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765611244
• ISBN13: 9780765611246
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.3"