Think pieces

Sticky money - evaluating the local impact of the co-operative pound provides guidance for co-operatives on using the LM3 tool to evaluate their local economic impact using the Lincolnshire Co-operative Society as a case study to illustrate the process.

Over summer 2012, Lincolnshire Co-operative used the Local Multiplier 3 (LM3) methodology to measure the local economic impact of its operations on Lincolnshire. This process was sponsored by Co-operatives UK and externally assessed by K2A.

Administration is often a wasteful and costly process, both to employees and to the economy at large. Saving business through worker co-operatives argues that up to 7,500 enterprises could be eligible to be saved through action to allow workers to take over the businesses.

Dave Boyle argues that the crisis in the media is a moment of opportunity to bring co-operative structures and business models to the sector.

This publication, which follows a draft released in 2011 for consultation, details how Co-operatives UK makes judgments on aspects of co-operative identity.

Professor Noreena Hertz explains why the Gucci Capitalism based on self-interest and profit maximisation looks set to be replaced by an open source Co-op Capitalism.

This report analyses the number of people who have an ownership stake of co-operative enterprise.

This paper is based on interviews we conducted in May 2011 with sixteen women involved in the co-operative movement, commissioned by Co-operatives UK as part of the Co-operative Women’s 2020 Challenge.

Contained here is John Restakis' full lecture Co-operation and the Wealth of Nations, given as part of Co-operatives Fortnight 2011.

In the context of the UK Coalition Government’s policies to promote public service mutuals, Time to get serious: international lessons for developing public service mutuals examines the experience in Spain, Italy and Sweden. It identifies some key factors for success, learning lessons and questions that are relevant for the development of new co-operative models in the UK.