Platform cooperatives and poverty eradication: Building on the legacy of Johnston Birchall

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dc.contributor.authorMannan, Morshed
dc.contributor.authorPek, Simon
dc.contributor.authorScholz, Trebor
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-22T19:09:22Z
dc.date.available2023-12-22T19:09:22Z
dc.date.copyright2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractJohnston Birchall made tremendous contributions to research on cooperatives, including the contributions cooperatives can make to tackling poverty. His work on this subject was largely carried out at a time when the Millennium Development Goals were the touchstone for global efforts to address the needs of the world’s poorest people. Since then, not only has the global economy been affected by digitalization, financial crises, climate change, and pandemics, the discourse on poverty has also changed due to the promulgation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. An example of this is the connection between digital inequality and poverty. Our objective in this essay is to distill the key contributions of Birchall’s work on cooperatives and poverty, position them within the evolving context of multi-dimensional global poverty and the platform economy, and chart a path forward for future research that can continue their development. We first identify Birchall’s four key takeaways from his research on cooperatives and poverty reduction. We then introduce the distinguishing features of corporate platforms and summarise prior research on the link between the platform economy and poverty. We then turn to the core part of our essay, which focuses on tracing the rise of platform cooperatives and assessing whether the four takeaways fit cooperatives operating in the context of the platform economy. We identify points of convergence, and areas for further refinement and future research. We hope that this will encourage research on the potential contribution that platform cooperatives can have in addressing poverty and other societal challenges.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMorshed Mannan’s participation in this research is funded by the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (Grant Agreement No. 865856). Simon Pek’s participation in this research is funded by the University of Victoria President’s Chair (no grant number).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMannan, M., Pek, S., & Scholz, T. (2023). Platform cooperatives and poverty eradication: Building on the legacy of Johnston Birchall. Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 12(2), 33-55. http://dx.doi.org/10.5947/jeod.2023.009en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5947/jeod.2023.009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15762
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversityen_US
dc.subjectPlatform cooperativesen_US
dc.subjectCooperative governanceen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectDigital inequalityen_US
dc.titlePlatform cooperatives and poverty eradication: Building on the legacy of Johnston Birchallen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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