Cooperative
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- A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise". Cooperatives are democratically controlled by their members, with each member having one vote in electing the board of directors.Cooperatives may include:
businesses owned and managed by the people who consume their goods and/or services (a consumer cooperative)businesses where producers pool their output for their common benefit (a producer cooperative)businesses owned and managed by the people who work there (a worker cooperative)businesses where members pool their purchasing power (a purchasing cooperative)multi-stakeholder or hybrid cooperatives that share ownership between different stakeholder groups. For example, care cooperatives where ownership is shared between both care-givers and receivers. Stakeholders might also include non-profits or investors.second- and third-tier cooperatives whose members are other cooperativesplatform cooperatives that use a cooperatively owned and governed website, mobile app or a protocol to facilitate the sale of goods and services.Research published by the Worldwatch Institute found that in 2012 approximately one billion people in 96 countries had become members of at least one cooperative. The turnover of the largest three hundred cooperatives in the world reached $2.2 trillion.
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Gewerbeschild Buchdruckerei Karl-Heinz Ebert
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Sparbuch der Bäuerlichen Handelsgenossenschaft von Otto Standke, 1953-1954
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Genossenschafts-Sparbuch von Margarete Bressel, 1948-1954
16-seitige, kleine Broschüre...
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Werbezettel für Eintritt in die LPG, 1958
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Genossenschafts-Sparbuch der Eheleute Wilhelm Grahn, 1944-1954
36-seitige, kleine Broschüre...
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Image: Museum Wolmirstedt - RR-F
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