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Exploring Asian-Pacific Cooperatives in Theory and Practice: Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market investigates Asian-Pacific coop models mainly through the analytical lenses of Asian-Pacific researchers. It consists of theoretical and empirical analyses on transversal themes from interdisciplinary studies and national case studies covering multiple sectors and countries. It focuses on a variety of challenging issues using different analytical approaches to cooperative challenges in the Asian-Pacific and examines the traditional dichotomy between the State and the Market.

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Author:   Morris Altman (Dean, University of Dundee School of Business; Former Chair Professor, Behavioral and Institutional Economics and Co-operatives, Dundee, UK) ,  Akira Kurimoto (Senior Fellow, Japan Co-operative Alliance; Chair, International Co-operative Alliance Research Committee, Tokyo, Japan)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780443237843

ISBN 10:   0443237840
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   01 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Part 1 Theoretical foundation for analyzing AP Co-ops A. Institutional changes and transformation in the AP co-ops 2. Legal framework of AP co-ops by Ann Apps 3. Transformation and expansion of AP co-ops 4. Demutualization of co-ops in AP 5. Co-operative Spin-off in AP 6. Co-operation among AP co-ops 7. International co-operation to/from AP co-ops B. AP co-ops seen from entrepreneurial perspectives 8. Modelling multi-stakeholder co-ops in AP 9. Governance and management in AP co-op 10. Eco-innovation of AP co-ops 11. Worker’s co-ops in tension 12. How Co-operatives Can Be Competitive with Plantations in AP 13. AP co-ops seen from youth’s perspective 14. Opportunities for Platform Co-operatives in AP Part 2 Case studies of AP co-operatives’ good practices A. Financial co-ops 15. NACUFOK KR 16. Labor banks JP 17. Kyosai insurance JP 18. Kopkun and INKUR ID 19. Summary B. Health care co-ops 20. Minami Medical Co-op JP 21. Health care social co-ops KR 22. Indian co-op hospital IN 23. Galle co-op hospital LK 24. Summary C. Education and youth co-ops 25. School co-ops in Selangor MY 26. Rah-e Roshd cultural-educational cooperative IR 27. University co-ops JP 28. University co-ops KR 29. University co-ops ID 30. University co-ops in India 31. Summary D. Platform co-ops 32. Life magic care co-op KR 33. SEWA India 34. Open Food Network 35. Loomio NZ 36. Summary 37. Conclusion

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Morris Altman is the Dean of the University of Dundee School of Business and former Chair Professor of Behavioral and Institutional Economics and Co-operatives. He is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, earning his PhD in economics from McGill University in 1984. Morris was a former visiting scholar at Cambridge (Elected Visiting Fellow), Canterbury, New Zealand (Erskine Professor), Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Hebrew, Stirling, and Stanford University. He has published well over 120 refereed papers and given over 250 international academic presentations and has also published 19 books in economic theory, co-operatives, behavioral economics, economic growth, ethics, economic history, sustainability, and public policy. He is past president of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics (SABE) and the Association for Social Economics and is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Behavioral Economics. He also served on research committees of the International Co-operative Alliance. Akira Kurimoto is the Senior Fellow of the Japan Co-operative Alliance and the Chair of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) Research Committee. He serves as a member of the ICA Co-operative Identity Advisory Group and the Steering Committee of the ICA World Co-operative Monitor. He studied law at the University of Tokyo. He was a professor at the Institute for Solidarity-based Society at Hosei University, Tokyo 2015-2020. He was the board member/chief researcher of the Consumer Co-operative Institute, Japan and the general secretary of the Robert Owen Association. He edited a number of volumes including The Emergence of Global Citizenship: Utopian Ideas, Co-operative Movements and the Third Sector (2005) and Toward Contemporary Co-operative Studies: Perspectives from Japan’s Consumer Co-ops (2010). He is a founding member of the Asia Pacific Co-operative Research Partnership which published Waking the Asian Pacific Co-operative Potential in 2020.

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