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Consumer Cooperative:
A firm that is controlled by the consumers and it focuses on catering to their
individual needs. It generally aims at services rather than monetary purposes.
Ex: Health-care co-ops, food co-ops, electric co-ops.
Types of Cooperatives- Continued:
Producer Cooperative:
A firm that is made, possessed and worked on by producers. They can choose to
cooperate or work as individual entities to assist with expansive showcasing of
conceivable outcomes and creation proficiency. They are coordinated to measure,
market, and circulate their own items. This decreases expenses and strains in
every area with a common advantage to every producer.
Ex: Carpentry, farming/agricultural co-ops. Amul is a well known example of
producer co-op.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Co-ops
● Decision making power ● Slower decision making
dairy, thereby gaining access to markets and maximizing returns for their
efforts.
Case Study - Amul
● Amul impelled the white revolution which made it the country’s largest
producer of milk and milk products.