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Cooperation in Cooperatives The Creation, Diffusion and Realisation of Ideas
No full textThe topic of this master’s thesis is the creation, diffusion and realisation of ideas
in cooperatives. The aim is to investigate how this is done at cooperatives. Cooperatives
are democratic organisations were members share an equal vote in the
decision making. This study focuses on cooperatives were the workers have the
right to apply for membership. Gathering of data was done with interviews. Two
cooperatives in Gothenburg, Sweden were selected in the study. The study finds
that some cooperative-specific methods were used for the creation, diffusion and
realisation of ideas. Furthermore, quantified computer simulations are a potential
way of analysing and improving the structure of cooperatives
