Université de Fribourg

Member Value in Co-operatives

Suter, Peter ; Gmür, Markus

(Working Papers SES ; 444)

Until today there is a research gap considering the question, what motivates a member to enter or leave a co-op, resp. what are the reasons to stay in a co-operative. The majority of studies about this topic mainly focus on economic factors and the rational behavior of the member. However, co-ops also have other purposes not associated with financial goals. The presented paper is proposing a new...