Frontier Information Technology and Systems Research in Cooperative Economics

This book is the very first book-length study devoted to the advances in technological development and systems research in cooperative economics. The chapters provide, first of all, a coherent framework for understanding and applying the concepts and approaches of complexity and systems science for the advanced study of cooperative networks and particular cooperative enterprises and communities. Second, the book serves as a unique source of reliable information on the frontier information technologies available for the production, consumer, credit, and agricultural cooperative enterprises, discussing predominant strategies, potential drivers of change, and responses to complex problems. Given the diverse range of backgrounds and advanced research results, researchers, decision-makers, and stakeholders from all fields of cooperative economics in any country of the world will undoubtedly benefit from this book.

The Role of Credit Cooperatives in Financing the Real Sector of the Economy.- Innovative Marketing Technologies in the Development of a New Product: Methodological Solutions in the Context of Economic Integration and Cooperation.- Cooperative Platform in the Modern Economy.- Education at a Cooperative University in the Digital Economy.- The Development of Cooperation in the Digital Economy Based on Scientific Research by A. V. Chayanov.- Involvement of the World’s Largest Cooperatives in Sustainable Development Processes.- Collaborations in the Modern Economy.