The forgotten role of mutual ownership within Australia’s leading private companies

09 October 2013

Tim Mazzarol, Winthrop Professor at the University of Western Australia’s Co-operative Enterprise Research Program recently published a white paper, Mutual Ownership within Australia’s Top 500 Private Companies, highlighting the performance of mutually owned companies in Australia’s top 500 private companies.

Read The forgotten role of mutual ownership within Australia’s leading private companies, The Conversation, 17 September 2013

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