A Life Cycle Explanation of Cooperative Longevity

Michael L. Cook
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Michael L. Cook: Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, 125C Mumford Hall, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-20

Abstract: A micro analytical, interdisciplinary informed framework is presented to postulate why and how some cooperatives endure for long periods of time. This five-phase framework was developed through an extended research process employing inductive and deductive approaches. The paper concludes that cooperative longevity is associated with multiple factors, primarily among them, ability to adapt and ameliorate frictions and subgroup factions. This adaptability leads to multi “life cycles”. Cooperative multi life cycle regeneration is facilitated by a learned and embedded process called “cooperative genius”.

Keywords: cooperative framework; life cycle; property rights (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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