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A '''multinational cooperative''' or '''transnational cooperative''' is a [[cooperative]] that spans multiple countries in breadth of its functions and reach<ref>[http://www.cslegacoop.coop/allegati/precedenti/Mcc.pdf ''Cooperatives as Multinationals: The MCC case''], by Anjel Errasti Amozarrain, Agurtzane Begiristain Zubillaga, Baleren Bakaikoa Azurmendi, Institute of Cooperative Law and Social Economy (GEZKI), University of the Basque Country</ref>. Similar to [[wikipedia:Multinational corporation|multinational corporations]], multinational cooperatives would ideally be owned, managed and operated across borders, and the importance of transnational transportation and communication between cooperative operations would be of utmost importance. However, unlike multinational corporations, the workers would be both the [[workers' self-management|owners, managers]] and customers of the operations, their produce and the resulting revenue and accompanying benefits. | A '''multinational cooperative''' or '''transnational cooperative''' is a [[cooperative]] that spans multiple countries in breadth of its functions and reach<ref>[http://www.cslegacoop.coop/allegati/precedenti/Mcc.pdf ''Cooperatives as Multinationals: The MCC case''], by Anjel Errasti Amozarrain, Agurtzane Begiristain Zubillaga, Baleren Bakaikoa Azurmendi, Institute of Cooperative Law and Social Economy (GEZKI), University of the Basque Country</ref>. Similar to [[wikipedia:Multinational corporation|multinational corporations]], multinational cooperatives would ideally be owned, managed and operated across borders, and the importance of transnational transportation and communication between cooperative operations would be of utmost importance. However, unlike multinational corporations, the workers would be both the [[workers' self-management|owners, managers]] and customers of the operations, their produce and the resulting revenue and accompanying benefits. | ||
| − | This idea currently runs counter to the trend of nationalist-oriented local or regional cooperatives, such as those being promoted and operated in Venezuela under Chavez<ref>[http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1737 Venezuela's Co-op Boom], by Michael Fox, YES! magazine, Summer 2007</ref>. | + | This idea currently runs counter to the trend of nationalist-oriented local or regional cooperatives, such as those being promoted and operated in Venezuela under Chavez<ref>[http://www.yesmagazine.org/article.asp?ID=1737 Venezuela's Co-op Boom], by Michael Fox, YES! magazine, Summer 2007</ref>. In particular, the transnational spread of cooperatives has been proposed for agricultural co-ops<ref>[http://www.agrifood.info/perspectives/2003/Donoso.html The internationalisation of agricultural co-operatives: critical factors in development], by Ignacio Donoso, Romuald Rudzki, Nicola Shadbolt and William Bailey, Massey University, New Zealand, July 16th 2003</ref>. |
| + | ==European Union== | ||
| + | Cross-border mergers of currently existing cooperatives has been proposed for cooperatives in the [[wikipedia:European Union|European Union]]<ref>http://www.danskeandelsselskaber.dk/getMedia.asp?mb_GUID=6DD0F36F-1A56-4B26-BEFD-3F20EE72A2C1.pdf Transnational Co-operatives: Perspectives for admission of members abroad and cross-border mergers], The Federation of Danish Co-operatives, 1999</ref><ref>[http://www.danskeandelsselskaber.dk/getMedia.asp?mb_GUID=626ADD2C-2A46-4F41-9E5C-50C9220071D3.pdf Cooperatives and the EU Enlargement: Internationalisation and cooperative collaboration in the new EU member states], by the Danish Agricultural Council, 2004</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 07:52, 31 October 2008
A multinational cooperative or transnational cooperative is a cooperative that spans multiple countries in breadth of its functions and reach[1]. Similar to multinational corporations, multinational cooperatives would ideally be owned, managed and operated across borders, and the importance of transnational transportation and communication between cooperative operations would be of utmost importance. However, unlike multinational corporations, the workers would be both the owners, managers and customers of the operations, their produce and the resulting revenue and accompanying benefits.
This idea currently runs counter to the trend of nationalist-oriented local or regional cooperatives, such as those being promoted and operated in Venezuela under Chavez[2]. In particular, the transnational spread of cooperatives has been proposed for agricultural co-ops[3].
European Union
Cross-border mergers of currently existing cooperatives has been proposed for cooperatives in the European Union[4][5].
References
- ↑ Cooperatives as Multinationals: The MCC case, by Anjel Errasti Amozarrain, Agurtzane Begiristain Zubillaga, Baleren Bakaikoa Azurmendi, Institute of Cooperative Law and Social Economy (GEZKI), University of the Basque Country
- ↑ Venezuela's Co-op Boom, by Michael Fox, YES! magazine, Summer 2007
- ↑ The internationalisation of agricultural co-operatives: critical factors in development, by Ignacio Donoso, Romuald Rudzki, Nicola Shadbolt and William Bailey, Massey University, New Zealand, July 16th 2003
- ↑ http://www.danskeandelsselskaber.dk/getMedia.asp?mb_GUID=6DD0F36F-1A56-4B26-BEFD-3F20EE72A2C1.pdf Transnational Co-operatives: Perspectives for admission of members abroad and cross-border mergers], The Federation of Danish Co-operatives, 1999
- ↑ Cooperatives and the EU Enlargement: Internationalisation and cooperative collaboration in the new EU member states, by the Danish Agricultural Council, 2004
