05-14-2016, 03:40 PM
YOUR answer is rather simple, but in fact, if an enterprise is inherently more profitable and more efficient as a co-op, it would out-compete the traditional corporate organization. It could underprice and out-service the traditional organization.
Profits are not the only feature that makes an enterprise competitive. In fact, I would argue that a profits-only perspective tends to generate bad customer service and cheap crap product.
You would think that in a co-op, the collective desire to provide good service, make good product, out-compete competitors, and thereby guarantee one's livelihood, would ultimately lead to a business society of co-ops.
Of course, I'm not a believer that co-ops ARE more efficent or more productive, but that's another story.
Profits are not the only feature that makes an enterprise competitive. In fact, I would argue that a profits-only perspective tends to generate bad customer service and cheap crap product.
You would think that in a co-op, the collective desire to provide good service, make good product, out-compete competitors, and thereby guarantee one's livelihood, would ultimately lead to a business society of co-ops.
Of course, I'm not a believer that co-ops ARE more efficent or more productive, but that's another story.
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