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The Murray Goulburn dilemma – co-operatives are dying out but they're still needed

  • Written by Michael Duffy, Lecturer and Researcher, Monash Business School, Monash University
imageThere are a number of examples of what were once co-operatives restructuring into, or being taken over by, listed companies.Tim Green/Flckr, CC BY-SA

Canadian diary company Saputo’s bid for Murray Goulburn is just the latest example of how co-operatives are disappearing in the Australian business landscape. But despite this pressure for...

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