Call for papers - ICA CCR 2018 European Research Conference
04 Jul 2018
In 2018 (4-6 July), the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA) European Research Conference will be held in The Netherlands. At this conference, scholars, representatives of cooperatives and policy makers will exchange the state of the art on building and strengthening cooperatives in different sectors and different countries.
Resilient cooperatives
The key questions to be discussed at the ICA2018 Research Conference relate to innovation in enterprise and community. For the sustainability and resilience of the cooperative model, innovation is paramount. Which internal and external factors provide the fertile ground for such innovation? What are the key success factors for continuous (or renewed) member commitment and stakeholder legitimacy?
Main theme of the conference
Main theme of the conference is: Cooperatives in a rapidly changing world: Innovation in Enterprise and Community.
Under this overarching theme, the conference will address a wide range of topics, including:
Innovations in internal governance
The rise of producer organisations
Resilience and sustainability of the cooperative model
Strengthening member commitment
Financial and sustainability performance
Cooperative education
Statistics on cooperatives
Cooperatives and changing labour relations
Cooperatives and big data
The conference will deal with all kinds of cooperatives, from different sectors and different countries and in different stages of the life cycle. This will lead to challenging and surprising new ideas and relations. Special attention will be paid to 200 years Raiffeisen.
