Service Cooperative
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
Rural Development Rural BusinessCooperative Service FIBS Research Report 141
Shared-Sewices Cooperatives
Abstract
This report describes the general structure and operations of shared-services cooperatives and discusses some of the benefits accorded to their owners. This report will provide some insights for business people and public servants interested in organizing a shared-services cooperative. It discusses how they are organized and how they operate. This includes corporate structure, governance, and management. It also describes elements that promote the sucess of shared-services cooperatives. Key wotis: cooperatives, service, purchasing
Shared-Services Cooperatlves
Anthony C. Crooks Karen J. Spatz Marc Warman RBS Research Report 141 Reviewed and approved for reprinting, May 1997
Executive Summary
Rural Americans depend on community services provided by their schools, hospitals, small businesses, churches, local governments, etc. These organizations ‘can often help lower their operating costs by obtaining needed services and products through shared-services cooperatives. A shared-services cooperative is a business organization owned and controlled by private businesses or public entities which become members of the cooperative to more economically purchase services and/or products. Members of shared-services cooperatives respond jointly to common problems. l
Purpose
This report describes the general structure and operations of shared-services cooperatives and discusses some of the benefits accorded to their owners. This report will provide some insights for business people and public servants interested in organizing a shared-services cooperative. It discusses how they are organized and how they operate. This includes corporate structure, governance, and management. It also describes elements that promote the success of shared-services cooperatives. Information for this report was gathered
United States Department of Agriculture
Rural Development Rural BusinessCooperative Service FIBS Research Report 141
Shared-Sewices Cooperatives
Abstract
This report describes the general structure and operations of shared-services cooperatives and discusses some of the benefits accorded to their owners. This report will provide some insights for business people and public servants interested in organizing a shared-services cooperative. It discusses how they are organized and how they operate. This includes corporate structure, governance, and management. It also describes elements that promote the sucess of shared-services cooperatives. Key wotis: cooperatives, service, purchasing
Shared-Services Cooperatlves
Anthony C. Crooks Karen J. Spatz Marc Warman RBS Research Report 141 Reviewed and approved for reprinting, May 1997
Executive Summary
Rural Americans depend on community services provided by their schools, hospitals, small businesses, churches, local governments, etc. These organizations ‘can often help lower their operating costs by obtaining needed services and products through shared-services cooperatives. A shared-services cooperative is a business organization owned and controlled by private businesses or public entities which become members of the cooperative to more economically purchase services and/or products. Members of shared-services cooperatives respond jointly to common problems. l
Purpose
This report describes the general structure and operations of shared-services cooperatives and discusses some of the benefits accorded to their owners. This report will provide some insights for business people and public servants interested in organizing a shared-services cooperative. It discusses how they are organized and how they operate. This includes corporate structure, governance, and management. It also describes elements that promote the success of shared-services cooperatives. Information for this report was gathered