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

So what is a member-owned business? What does it look like? How can we distinguish it from an investor-owned business? The crucial distinction is between a business that is people-centred, and one that is money-centred. This book explores the growing number of companies which use this model and their wider significance in society.

Author: J. Birchall
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/03/2010
Pages: 227
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780230217188

About the Author
JOHNSTON BIRCHALL is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Stirling, UK. He studied at Oxford and did his PhD at York University, UK. He spent five years as a housing association manager before returning to academic life to focus for the next 25 years on questions concerning stakeholder participation in co-operatives, mutuals and public service agencies. He has written several books on the subject (with translations into five languages), and has advised UN agencies on co-operative responses to the global economic crisis.