This book is the very first book-length study devoted to the advances in technological development and systems research in cooperative economics. The chapters provide, first of all, a coherent framework for understanding and applying the concepts and approaches of complexity and systems science for the advanced study of cooperative networks and particular cooperative enterprises and communities. Second, the book serves as a unique source of reliable information on the frontier information technologies available for the production, consumer, credit, and agricultural cooperative enterprises, discussing predominant strategies, potential drivers of change, and responses to complex problems. Given the diverse range of backgrounds and advanced research results, researchers, decision-makers, and stakeholders from all fields of cooperative economics in any country of the world will undoubtedly benefit from this book.

Covers topics such as intelligent systems research, computational economics and finance, ubiquitous computing, and the Internet of things through the prism of cooperative economics Provides a coherent framework for understanding and applying the concepts and approaches of complexity and systems science for the advanced study of cooperative networks and particular cooperative enterprises and communities—employing both qualitative and quantitative research methods Devoted to the advances in technological development and complex systems research in the field of cooperative economics Is an indispensable source of cutting-edge information on frontier information technology and advances in complex economic, social, and technological systems for researchers, decision-makers, and stakeholders in cooperative economics

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