¿Son más competitivas las sociedades cooperativas? Un análisis en el sector de la distribución farmacéutica

Sebastián Bruque Cámara (), Jesús Hernández Ortiz Mª (), Alfonso Vargas Sánchez () and Jose Moyano-Fuentes ()
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Sebastián Bruque Cámara: Universidad de Jaén, Departamento de Administración de Empresas, Contabilidad y Sociología
Jesús Hernández Ortiz Mª: Universidad de Jaén, Departamento de Administración de Empresas, Contabilidad y Sociología
Alfonso Vargas Sánchez: Universidad de Huelva, Departamento de Dirección de Empresas y Marketing

CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa, 2002, issue 42, 131-157

Abstract: The paper investigates whether the co-operative format influences the competitive advantages of companies adopting it. To accomplish this, we have carried out an empirical analysis focusing on retail pharmacy companies operating in 10 provinces of central and southern Spain. The results show that the co-operative companies obtain a greater competitive advantage than non-cooperative forms. This finding could be explained by the peculiar relationship of loyalty binding member- customers of this type of company with the organisation to which they belong.

Keywords: Co-operative Companies; Retail Pharmacy; Competitive Advantage; Customer loyalty. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 L10 M12 M14 Y (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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