| Title |
Coffee Co-Operatives In Malawi: Building Resilience Through Innovation |
| ID_Doc |
75425 |
| Authors |
Borda-Rodriguez, A; Vicari, S |
| Title |
Coffee Co-Operatives In Malawi: Building Resilience Through Innovation |
| Year |
2015 |
| Published |
Annals Of Public And Cooperative Economics, 86, 2 |
| DOI |
10.1111/apce.12075 |
| Abstract |
This article focuses on the role played by innovation in the context of coffee co-operatives. It shows how interconnected forms of innovation contribute to co-operative resilience. Data was collected from the largest coffee co-operative Union in Malawi and illustrates how coffee co-operatives have innovated in order to cope with organizational and market constrains. We identify four areas of innovation: sustainable technologies, development of market niches, women's inclusion and business diversification. The combination of these forms of innovation contributes to co-operative resilience in different degrees, the article also analyzes how innovation is influenced and driven by co-operative's values and principles and by partnerships with national and international actors. |
| Author Keywords |
Malawi; co-operative; coffee; innovation and resilience |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000367015700008 |
| WoS Category |
Economics |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics |
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