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The blueprint for a co-operative decade following the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives provides an excellent opportunity to look at how the co-operative movement has evolved in recent years and to draw from it some trends for the future. The variety of sectors, the diversity and numerical weight of co-operators and, in some cases, the leading position co-operatives have assumed in their respective domains should not overshadow a new trend in the co-operative landscape that is growing in popularity, namely the multi-stakeholder co-operative (MSC), which is a co-operative with at least two categories of members (for example users and workers).
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Vézina, M., Girard, JP. (2014). Multi-stakeholder Co-operative Model as a Flexible Sustainable Framework for Collective Entrepreneurship: An International Perspective. In: Gijselinckx, C., Zhao, L., Novkovic, S. (eds) Co-operative Innovations in China and the West. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137277282_5
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