Consumer Food Cooperatives as Complex Adaptive Networks - the Case of Five Cooperatives from Poland

• Autorzy: Kyrill Zakharov , Mariusz Maciejczak

Warianty tytułu

Konsumenckie kooperatywy spożywcze jako złożone sieci adaptacyjne - studium pięciu kooperatyw z Polski

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

Dokonano prezentacji wybranych polskich konsumenckich kooperatyw spożywczych jako złożonych sieci adaptacyjnych. Na podstawie przeglądu literatury i strukturyzowanego kwestionariusza ankiety zbadano zgodność ich funkcjonowania z zasadami spółdzielczości konsumenckiej, określając postawy ich członków względem tych zasad. Stwierdzono, że ze względu na dobrowolny charakter kooperatyw oparty na działaniach sieciowych, podlegają one procesom dostosowawczym. Procesy te, w ramach działań demokratycznych, koncentrują się na wykorzystaniu zasad jako mechanizmów adaptacyjnych.(abstrakt oryginalny)

EN

This paper is an attempt to present selected Polish consumer food cooperatives as the complex adaptive network. Based on the literature review and structured questionnaire, their compliance with consumer cooperative principles and attitude of the members towards these principles were investigated. It is argued that due to their voluntary character based on networking activities they are subject to adjustment processes. These processes, under the umbrella of the democratic governance, are focused on using these principles as adaptive mechanism.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Spółdzielczość; Konsumpcja; Konsument

EN

Cooperative movement; Consumption; Consumer

• Czasopismo: Roczniki Naukowe Stowarzyszenia Ekonomistów Rolnictwa i Agrobiznesu
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: 20
• Numer: z. 3
• Strony: 184-189

Twórcy

autor

Kyrill Zakharov

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland

autor

Mariusz Maciejczak

• Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SGGW, Poland

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0012.1515