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This publication offers a wealth of new thinking on a wide range of topics, including how cooperatives grow, the global trends they face, and the organizational and governance challenges they must overcome.
Contrary to popular belief, cooperatives and mutuals grow at similar rates as publicly traded companies. But the way they grow and their key opportunities are different.
Coops excel at gaining organizational alignment and mobilizing employees but can be slow in responding to emerging challenges and opportunities. Some leading coops are finding ways to beat the odds.
The current economic environment presents an opportunity for cooperatives, but they need to stay true to their values and adjust to the new realities of a busy, online world.
Profound change is roiling the financial sector, and coops are faced with several strategic questions.
Six global trends are reshaping the retail industry, presenting retail coops with new challenges and opportunities. Now is the time to think through the implications.
As markets shift, technology develops, and tastes change, the agricultural sector must adapt. Coops need to find their place in this new world.
A Harvard Business School professor sees parallels between the great public companies she identified in her research and the cooperative movement.
Monique F. Leroux talks about the role cooperatives play in democratizing business and giving individuals and communities a means for shaping their future.
In this article from the Harvard Business Review, the global managing director of McKinsey & Company called for public companies to make changes that share some similarities with ways coops operate.
McKinsey on Cooperatives is published by McKinsey & Company. The research behind this publication was partially underwritten by Desjardins Group, Crédit Agricole, and CIBP, but conducted solely by McKinsey & Company.
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