People-Centred Businesses: Co-Operatives, Mutuals and the Idea of Membership

By Johnston Birchall

Book Overview

People-centred Businesses Theorising the Rise and Fall of Member-owned Businesses Consumer-owned Retail Businesses Consumer-owned Insurance Providers Consumer Ownership of Housing Consumer Ownership in Public Services and Utilities Consumer/Producer Owned Banks Producer-owned and Employee-owned Businesses The Peculiar History of 'Member-owned' Businesses in Developing Countries The Idea of Membership

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349303798
• ISBN13: 9781349303793
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"