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Our Portal Library is a comprehensive resource curated from trusted cooperative and housing organizations. It brings together a wealth of articles, guides, books, reports, and journals focused on cooperative housing, governance, leadership, and community development. Each publication is selected for its relevance and practical value, helping cooperative board members and leaders strengthen their knowledge in areas such as:
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A Comparison of Characteristics of Forest and Farm Coop
A Comparison of Characteristics of Forest and Farm Coop
A Study in Cooperative Failures 
Agricultural Cooperatives and Contract Price Competitiveness
Agricultural Cooperatives and Contract Price Competitiveness
American-Native-beef-coop 
An Interpretation of the Competitive Yardstick model using Critical Discourse...
An Interpretation of the Competitive Yardstick Model Using Critical Discourse Analysis
Assessing the Ability of Rural Electric
Assessing the Ability of Rural Electric
Capital Budgeting Decisions: Electricity Distribution
Capital Budgeting Decisions: Electricity Distribution
Cass Clay Creamery 
Choosing to Defect from Cooperation: Collapse of Pear g
Choosing to Defect from Cooperation: Collapse of Pear g
Close Cousins of Cooperatives: Overview of Fraternal Benefit
Close Cousins of Cooperatives: Overview of Fraternal Benefit
Cooperative Financial Performance and Board of Directors Characteristics
Cooperative Financial Performance and Board of Directors Characteristics
Cooperatives Conversions Failures and Restructurings
Cooperatives Conversions Failures and Restructurings
Cost of Risky Debt in Cooperatives 
Determining the Future for Louisiana Sugar Cane Products
Determining the Future for Louisiana Sugar Cane Products
Does Fair Trade Fulfill the Claims of its Proponents
Does Fair Trade Fulfill the Claims of its Proponents
Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Choice of Pricing and Payment
Evaluation of Factors Affecting the Choice of Pricing and Payment
Factors Behind Fonterra Shareholders’ rejection of the Board’s restructuring
Factors Behind Fonterra Shareholders' rejection of the Board's restructuring
Factors Impacting Participation in the Purchases Made by Members of...
Factors Impacting Participation in the Purchases Made by Members of the Food Co-op of Members
FCStone Conversion to Public Company 
Financial Performance of North Dakota Grain Marketing
Financial Performance of North Dakota Grain Marketing
Governance Structures and the Value of the Firm
Governance Structures and the Value of the Firm
Income of Tax Reform on Agricultural Coops
Income of Tax Reform on Agricultural Co-ops
Lessons for Cooperatives in Transition
Lessons for Cooperatives in Transition
Neoclassical Theory of cooperatives-Mathematical Supplement
Neoclassical Theory of cooperatives-Mathematical Supplement