While traditional business structures rely on the leadership of a sole owner or corporate board of directors, worker-owned co-ops allow workers to make decisions for the business collectively and democratically. This type of co-op also share profit and risk among worker-owners.
A cooperative agreement is a hybrid between a contract and a grant. While its purpose is typically similar to a grant in that it focuses on increased scientific knowledge, the sponsor takes a more active role as a partner to the research, rather than just a funder.
A cooperative agreement is a hybrid between a contract and a grant. While its purpose is typically similar to a grant in that it focuses on increased scientific knowledge, the sponsor takes a more active role as a partner to the research, rather than just a funder.
By definition, a co-op, or a “cooperative home,” is usually a multi-family piece of real estate in which a business holds the title to the property. The residents gain equity in the building by buying shares in that business. Co-op residents own a share of the property but not the deed to the property itself.
A company can incorporate, forming a corporation that is owned by fewer than 100 people (an S-corp) or hundreds or even thousands of people (a C-corp). When the people who use the products and services a company has to offer own and operate the company, it's known as a cooperative.
A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically-controlled enterprise".
Cooperation agreements are developed through mutual negotiation, in compliance with the relative legal instruments, and are then signed by authorized representatives of the parties.
The Parties agree to cooperate and exchange information on any discoveries, inventions or works, resulting from programme activities undertaken under the present Agreement, with a view to ensuring their most efficient and effective use and exploitation by the Government and UNICEF under applicable law, including the ...
The purpose of a grant is to provide assistance; there is generally little involvement by the sponsor, and the award instrument refers to general terms and conditions. Cooperative agreements also provide assistance, but with substantial sponsor involvement, typically described in a set of specific terms.
The standard cooperative agreement is the most common type of cooperative agreement, about 80 percent of all cooperative agreements developed annually.