Cooperative Development

After having given a comparative overview of different enterprise types and their fundamental characteristics, the course will deal with the comparative advantages and disadvantages of cooperatives. It will especially discuss why cooperatives seem to be more resilient to the current crisis than other business models.

The aim of the course is to create awareness among economic actors, business advisors and other stakeholders that each enterprise type responds differently to varying needs, especially in terms of governance and financial matters and that the efficient pursuance of specific objectives through an enterprise depends not the least on the right choice of the enterprise type.