Contents:PART I: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS1. An Overview of the ResearchTim Mazzarol, Elena Mamouni Limnios and Sophie Reboud2. A Conceptual Framework for Research into Co-operative EnterpriseTim Mazzarol, Richard Simmons and Elena Mamouni Limnios3. Defining Co-operative Enterprise: Towards a Taxonomy of Member-owned BusinessJohnston BirchallPART II: ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION4. Irish Agricultural Co-operative Modelling and Remodelling: Responding to a Dynamic Business and Policy EnvironmentOlive McCarthy and Michael Ward5. Challenge Dairy Co-operative, 2000-2010: In Pursuit of Control of the Last Litre of MilkBradley Plunkett, Fabio R. Chaddad and Michael L. Cook6. Responding to the External Environment: The Evolution of Brazilian Dairy Co-operativesFabio R. Chaddad7. To be or not to be a Co-op? - The Case of Australia's Grain Co-operatives CBH and ABB GrainTim Mazzarol, Elena Mamouni Limnios and Richard SimmonsPART III: BEST PRACTICE IN CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE8. Leadership and Coordination in Federated Co-operative Systems: Insights from a Federated Marketing SystemF. Nicoleta Uzea and Murray E. Fulton9. Pacemaker Co-operatives Across Primary Industries: What Drives Organisational Resilience?Elena Mamouni Limnios, Tim Mazzarol and Geoffrey N. Soutar10. Different Fortunes of Three Vegetable Farmer Co-operatives in ChinaXuchu Xu, Qiao Liang and Yuling Gao11. Losing Sight of Purpose - the United Farmers Co-operative CompanyElena Mamouni Limnios and Tim Mazzarol12. Recommendations for Boards of Directors of Investor Owned Firms from the Co-operative ModelIsabelle Allemand, Benedicte Brullebaut and Sophie RaimbaultPART IV: THE TRUE VALUE OF MEMBERSHIP13. Measuring and Communicating the True Value of Membership: The Case of the Pindos Poultry Co-operativeConstantine Iliopoulos and Irini Theodorakopoulou14. Common Assumptions and Co-operative Membership: The Case of the Irish Credit Union MovementNoreen Byrne15. Marketing Our Co-operative Advantage (MOCA): The Challenges of ImplementationGeorgina Whyatt and Sophie Reboud16. Generating Value for Members: The Case of an Austrian Co-operative BankDietmar Roessl and Isabella Hatak17. The Social Value of Multi-stakeholder Co-operatives: The Case of the CEFF System in ItalySilvia Sacchetti and Ermanno C. Tortia18. Mobility Car Sharing: An Evolving Co-operative StructurePeter Suter and Markus Gmur19. Case Study of a Meat Co. LtdLawson SaveryPART V: PARTICIPATION IN FINANCIAL MARKETS20. The Financing of Mondragon Co-operatives: A Legal AnalysisIzaskun Alzola Berriozabalgotia21. The Italian Co-operative Banking and Financial System: Institutions, Performances and Theoretical BackgroundMarco Mazzoli and Gabriele Quadrelli22. Governance, Organisational Design, Financial Structure and Investments in a Co-operative FirmMarco MazzoliPART VI: INNOVATION IN CO-OPERATIVES23. Shared Services and Performing Arts Co-operativesEdwin Juno-Delgado, Maureen McCulloch and Christine Sinapi24. Innovation in Agricultural Co-operatives: Contrasting Images, the Example of Sparkling Wine and CerealsMichel Martin, Sophie Reboud and Corinne Tanguy25. Evolution of a Modern Co-operative Business Model: The Case of Livestock Improvement CorporationDelwyn Clark26. Organisational Innovation in Fresh Produce Co-operatives; the Case of FresQ in The NetherlandsJos Bijman27. Citizen-Based Co-operatives in the Field of Renewable Energy: The Case of Solargenossenschaft RosenheimElisabeth Reiner, Richard Lang and Dietmar RoesslPART VII: DRAWING CONCLUSIONS28. Conclusions and Lessons LearntTim Mazzarol, Delwyn Clark, Sophie Reboud and Elena Mamouni LimniosIndex.