Innovation processes in the cooperative sector of EU countries: cooperative networks and clusters.

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H.A. Yurmanova

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The article considers the possibility of use in studying specific organizational forms, such as modern cooperatives, theories of networks and clusters. Various approaches to classification of cooperative networks are characterized, features of their formation and governance in the countries of the European Union are revealed, their relationship with cooperative clusters is established, social and economic benefits and problems of realization these organizational and structural innovations are identified.

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H.A. Yurmanova, Донецький інститут залізничного транспорту, м. Донецьк

кандидат економічних наук, доцент, завідувач кафедри менеджменту

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