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Building co-operation : a business history of the co-operative group, 1863-2013 /
Building Co-operation traces the development of The Co-operative Group and its predecessor, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), over the course of 150 years. Born from the efforts of the Rochdale Pioneers and others who established successful consumer co-operatives across Britain in the mid-ni...
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Oxford :
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2013.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Building co-operation : |b a business history of the co-operative group, 1863-2013 / |c John F. Wilson, Anthony Webster and Rachael Vorberg-Rugh. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a Oxford : |b Oxford University Press, |c 2013. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xiii, 440 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : |b illustrations (some color | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Plates; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Why this book, and why now?; 1.2 Building Co-operation -Some caveats; 1.3 Towards a co-operative business history; 1.4 The co-operative business model and The Co-operative Group; 1.5 Organization; PART I. RISE AND REIGN; 2. The Roots and Rise of British Co-operation, c .1780-1863; 2.1 Co-operative initiatives before the 1840s; 2.2 The Rochdale Pioneers and the Rochdale model; 2.3 The spread of co-operation in England and experiments in wholesaling, 1844-63. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 2.4 More concrete moves towards a wholesale society3. The Rise of the CWS, 1863 to 1890: The Birth and Leadership of a Corporate Giant?; 3.1 The context of co-operative development: British economic and social development, 1860-90, and the 'retail revolution'; 3.2 The co-operative movement and the 'dominance of localism'; 3.3 Building the CWS: The competitive 'hothouse' and the rise of a commercial giant; 3.4 The CWS by 1890: A successful leader of the co-operative movement?; 4. The Age of Expansion, 1890-1914; 4.1 The co-operative movement and retailing, 1890-1914. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 4.2 Expanding production at home4.3 CWS growth overseas; 4.4 Serving co-operative societies; 4.5 The structural challenges of growth; 4.6 Managing a growing enterprise; 4.7 Conclusions; 5. War and Peace, 1914-38; 5.1 Co-operatives and the First World War; 5.2 Peacetime conflicts, left and right; 5.3 The General Co-operative Survey Committee; 5.4 Troubled times; 5.5 The CWS and inter-war politics; 5.6 Doing business in troubled times; 5.7 Reorganizing the CWS, 1929 and 1937; 5.8 Conclusions; PART II. RETREAT AND RENAISSANCE; 6. Co-operation in Retreat: War and Decline, 1939-73. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6.1 Historians and co-operative retreat6.2 War-Again; 6.3 Post-war challenges and inertia, 1945-55; 6.4 The Co-operative Independent Commission, 1955-8; 6.5 The 1960s and early 1970s: Deepening difficulties and the CWS response; 6.6 Conclusions; 7. Adapting the Business Model, 1973-90; 7.1 Macro-economic trends and consumer behaviour; 7.2 Merging with SCWS; 7.3 Expanding the Bank; 7.4 Rationalization and investment; 7.5 Conclusions; 8. The Watershed Decade; 8.1 Early 1990s rationalization and corporate governance reform; 8.2 The 'family', The Co-operative Bank, and ethical trading. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 8.3 Regan's takeover bid8.4 Impact; 9. 'Falling towards the Centre': A Twenty-First-Century 'Renaissance'; 9.1 Melmoth, the CRS, and the 'family' concept; 9.2 Beaumont, mergers, and market share; 9.3 Marks and the 'renaissance'; 9.4 Conclusions; 10. Conclusions; 10.1 Evolution of the business model; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. | |
| 520 | |a Building Co-operation traces the development of The Co-operative Group and its predecessor, the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS), over the course of 150 years. Born from the efforts of the Rochdale Pioneers and others who established successful consumer co-operatives across Britain in the mid-nineteenth century, by the 1860s the proponents of the CWS were ready to pioneer a new effort: a federation, democratically run and collectively owned, that would enable co-operatives to become their own suppliers. From humble origins, the CWS grew into one of Britain's largest businesses within a gen. | ||
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