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Business Co-operatives in Australia: “Unlikely Soil For a Co-operative Movement”
Patmore, Greg; Balnave, Nikola; Marjanovic, OliveraPublished 2021While co-operatives are traditionally associated with workers, consumers and farmers, the business model, with its emphasis on democracy and community, has also been adopted by small business owners, the self-employed and ...Open AccessPreprint -
Competition in Retailing: Lessons from the History of Rochdale Consumer Co-operatives in Australia
Patmore, Greg; Balnave, NikolaPublished 2009-12-01Rochdale consumer co-operatives have played an integral role in the lives of many people in particular localities in Australia. The Rochdale movement developed in waves in the period prior to the end of World War II, but ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Origins and Early Years of the Barossa Community Store, 1944-65
Balnave, Nikola; Patmore, GregPublished 2010-12-01The Barossa Community Store in Nuriootpa is Australia’s largest and most successful surviving Rochdale co-operative store. It is located in the Barossa Valley, the centre of one of Australia’s major wine growing regions. ...Open AccessConference paper -
Resistance is not Futile: Co-operatives, Demutualization, Agriculture and Neo-Liberalism in Australia
Patmore, Greg; Balnave, Nikola; Marjanovic, OliveraPublished 2021Recognition of co-operatives as a legitimate business model and form of economic participation was significantly challenged by the rise of neo-liberalism in the 1980s with its emphasis on individuals and markets. This ...Open AccessPreprint -
Visualising organisations over time and space: The Visual Atlas of Australian Co-operatives
Patmore, Greg; Balnave, Nikola; Marjanovic, OliveraPublished 2020There has been an upsurge of interest in co-operatives as an alternative business model since the Global Financial Crisis and the UN’s declaration of 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives. While this upsurge of ...Open AccessBook chapter
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