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