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nanarchy on 26 May 2016
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WolfpackN64 said:
nanarchy said:

Again Citations please? cooperatives face huge problems with long term viability due to problems with coping with change, market fluxuations and competition. I am sure there are many successful ones, even many long term successful ones but I doubt they generally survive longer or are more successful. You obviously have some citations or research to back up your statements so I would be interested in reading as it definitely differs from what I have seen.

http://www.uk.coop/sites/default/files/uploads/attachments/co-op_economy_2015.pdf

10 years after start-up, 44% of cooperatives survive, compared to 20% of regular enterprise.

Your idea of long running is 10 years????  these figures are neither surprising nor do they prove your point. start-ups are easy to start and a great way to test markets for ideas and have an inherent high failure rate, show some comparisons of companies post 10 years in business and I will happily conceed the point, that link is nothing more than marketing garbage.