Investor Presentaiton
While cooperative enterprises can be created in almost any sector, in the following sectors they
have shown a comparative advantage:
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Users Cooperatives. This type of coop is created by people who use the products/services of
their cooperative and can be found in retail trade, utilities, credit, insurance, housing,
distribution of electricity and other public utilities. Members appoint managers to organize the
business on their behalf, using dependent workers
Users cooperatives. This type of coop is formed by members who produce in a private company
of their own commodities which are conferred to a coop (or a consortium of coops) in charge of
buying inputs, marketing and often processing the output. The best example is given by farmers
coops, which increase the market power of farmers by contrasting monopsonies, and
internalize the profits produced by the processing of the produce in dairy plants, wineries, oil
mills, canneries etc. owned or controlled by coops.View entire presentation