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DotCoop, the sponsor of the .coop domain name, has announced the winners of its Global Awards for the promotion of 'Co-operative Excellence' through the internet.

Bernard Maris es economista del Instituto de Estudios Europeos de París. La cadena televisiva española RTVE lo entrevistó durante el rodaje del reportaje 'El desencanto de Europa'. El economista francés Bernard Maris, el ‘tío Bernard...

Joel Schoening has a thorough retrospective on the demutualized business in the Oregon Historical Quarterly's Fall 2010 edition.  "Over the next twenty years, the cooperative they created faced its share of organizational and financial...

From the National Center for Employee Ownership: Many smaller companies want to share ownership with employees but find the legal costs and complexities of various common plans daunting. For owners wanting to sell to employees, an employee stock...

This one-day conference  June 13, 2012 at Drexel University in Philadelphia will explore what two cities can learn from one another about building cooperatives and cooperative networks, and what cooperatives contribute to cities, regions and...

From isthmus.com Protesters flood the street, chants and song punctuated by drumming and the low, steady honk of a tuba. Sign after sign decries the attack against nurses, teachers and sanitation workers; others demand a living wage in bold letters...

Gary Hansen was a professor of economics, and of management and human resources at Utah State University, and co-author of Putting Democracy to Work: a practical guide for starting and managing worker-owned businesses, and of Steps to Starting a...

By Marcela Valente BUENOS AIRES, Feb 3 (IPS) - With a steady growth in production and exports, fair trade in Argentina is proving that socially and environmentally sustainable practices can be much more than a refuge from external crises. 'One...

Another great article is up on the blog of Shift Change, a documentary film in progress telling the little known stories of employee owned businesses that compete successfully in today’s economy while providing secure, dignified jobs in democratic...

Three congressmen offered their support for credit union tax-exempt status in a letter sent to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), the...

"In the age of unemployment, downsizing, and outsourcing, where can a poor soul find a job? Well, maybe it’s time we create our own. Self-employment is an option and can seem freeing, but it’s hard to do everything yourself and find time for a non-...

In a recent report to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the contribution of cooperatives to socio-economic development. The report, which illustrates the contributions of all cooperatives to the...