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The Role of Cooperative Associations in Promoting Good Governance Models and Mechanisms

The purpose of the paper is to give insight into the role of cooperative associations in promoting good governance models and mechanisms. The author addresses two main research questions: which are the appropriate governance models for cooperatives and how can cooperative associations help cooperatives in adopting good governance practices. The research was based on a review and interpretive analysis of literature (in the first part of the paper), and on a comparative approach (in the second, empirical part of the paper). The paper compares the educative role of cooperative associations from Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovenia and Croatia. The results indicate a great unused potential of cooperative associations for enhancing adoption of good governance practices in cooperatives.

cooperative associations; good governance practices; governance models and mechanisms; education of cooperatives' governance bodies

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