CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND

This paper is an attempt to present selected Polish consumer food cooperatives as the complexadaptive network. Based on the literature review and structured questionnaire, their compliance withconsumer cooperative principles and attitude of the members towards these principles were investigated.It i...

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Main Authors: Kiryll Zakharov, Mariusz Maciejczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists 2018-06-01
Series:Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
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Online Access:http://rnseria.com/gicid/01.3001.0012.1515
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description This paper is an attempt to present selected Polish consumer food cooperatives as the complexadaptive network. Based on the literature review and structured questionnaire, their compliance withconsumer cooperative principles and attitude of the members towards these principles were investigated.It is argued that due to their voluntary character based on networking activities they are subject to adjustmentprocesses. These processes, under the umbrella of the democratic governance, are focused on usingthese principles as adaptive mechanism.
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CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND
Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
consumer food cooperatives
cooperatives
consumer cooperative principles
complex adaptive networks
title CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND
title_full CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND
title_fullStr CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND
title_full_unstemmed CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND
title_short CONSUMER FOOD COOPERATIVES AS COMPLE X ADAPTIVE NETWORKS– THE CASE OF FIVE COOPERATIVES FROM POLAND
title_sort consumer food cooperatives as comple x adaptive networks the case of five cooperatives from poland
topic consumer food cooperatives
cooperatives
consumer cooperative principles
complex adaptive networks
url http://rnseria.com/gicid/01.3001.0012.1515
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