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Cooperatives as an alternative business
model?
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• ICA filmpje
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A cooperative is …
“…an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet
their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a
jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise. (ICA, 1995).”
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An alternative business-model?
1. Triple relationship: 1. A transaction relationship:
Meet your needs user benefits
2. A financial relationship: Owned by you user owner
3. A participation relationship: Controlled by you user-control
2. Value maximization (versus maximization of profit)
3. Membership
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3.000 farmers
Are owning 6 factories for producing cheese,
icecream, butter, …
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• Triple relationship:
– User benefits: a fair price for their milk
– User owner: every farmer is co-owner for several 10.000€
– User control: one member one vote and dairy farmers are in charge
• Value maximization goes in two directions:
– Profits are shared by members
– Losses are shared by members
• Membership: exclusively for dairy farmers
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4 self-employed people
Are owning their company
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• Triple relationship:
– User benefits
– User owner
– User control
• Value maximization
• Membership: at least two years experience in the company
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50.000 citizens
Are owning several
renewable energy
installations
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• Triple relationship:
– User benefits
– User owner
– User control
• Value maximization
• Membership: every citizen
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• 7 cooperative principles (ICA)
• Does this business model contributes to society?
• Give it a try!
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“Co-operatives are a reminder to the international community that it is possible to pursue both economic viability and social responsibility.”
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General
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Does this business model contribute to society?
• At the basis of most cooperatives: a mutual interest internal mutuality
• Do all cooperatives overcome the strict mutual benefit objective?
strict mutual
benefit enlarged mutuality
social objective in a mutualistic structure
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Develop your own coop! 1. Who are you?
2. Why did you set up this coop? – Why do you need each other?
– What’s your concern, problem, need?
3. What’s your activity?
4. Triple relationship – value maximization – membership
5. In what way and to which extent does your coop overcome the strict mutual benefit objective?
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1. PRESENTATION OF THE NEW COOPERATIVES
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1. PRESENTATION OF THE NEW COOPERATIVES 2. DISCUSSION
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