Seminar – Mergers of consumer cooperatives

Consumer cooperatives are consumer-owned and managed enterprises that aim to achieve buyer power and maximize their members’ welfare. Recently, several cooperatives in major economies, such as the United Kingdom (UK) and Italy, have merged to increase their buyer power and achieve better prices for their members. We seek to understand how these mergers affect strategic interactions among supply chain players, market outcomes, and consumer welfare.

Room T09-67.