Top-level international cooperative seminar took place in Helsinki, Finland June 11, 1999.    Proceedings of the seminar have been published in The Finnish Journal of Business Economics (Liiketaloudellinen aikakauskirja) as a special issue 4/99 The Role of Cooperative Entrepreneurship in the Modern Market Environment  (in picture).    The seminar was organised by Pellervo Confederation of Finnish Cooperatives and Pellervo Economic Research Institute in colloboration wth the Finnish Economic Association and the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration.   The seminari was part of the programme of the centenary of the Finnish cooperative movement.   You can read the proceedings on our website as a .pdf -file on a special page.
Samuli Skurnik and Vesa Vihriälä Introduction and summary Henry Hansman Cooperative Firms in theory and Practice Bengt Holmström Future of Cooperatives: A Corporate Perspective Murray Fulton Cooperatives and Member Commintment Antti Kuusterä Niche of Cooperative Banking in Finland during the first half of the Twentieht Century Jerker Nilsson Co-operative  Organisational Models as Reflections of the Business Environments Gert van Dijk Evolution of Business Structure and Entrepreneurship of Cooperatives in the Horti- and Agribusiness Risto Tainio Strategic Change in the Evolution of Cooperatives Olle Hakelius How Will European Farmer Cooperatives Cope with the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow? Jorma Vaajoki Case Metsäliitto - Serving the Strategic Needs of the Finnish Forest Owners Henk Vlessert A Matter of Balance: On Corporate Governance and Strategy of the Rabobank Michael L. Cook and Constantine Iliopoulos Beginning to Inform the Theory of the Cooperative Firm: Emergence of the New Generation Cooperative Subscription contact person: e-mail: finncoop@pellervo.fi or toimisto@pellervo.fi Päivi Starast tel. +358-9-4767 5552 fax +358-9-694 8845