Promulgation of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) has negatively impacted on the uptake of the cooperative business form

Cooperatives are cool

Regulatory environment - see Apps and Hall

Identity - see Hansmann and Munckner

Localism

Value and values - see Birchall

PLC centric legislation

Cooperatives are old

Established track record

Cooperatives are invisible

Cooperatives

Education - see Kalmi and Hill

Awareness

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Difficult registration process

Restrictions on capital

Fragmented regulatory framework

Political environment

no leadership

no portfolio

no forum

Accounting Standards don't recognise value