Osuuskunta hyvinvointipalvelujen vaihtoehtoisena tuottajana

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the meaning of cooperation for the entrepreneurs who have planned to establish a co-operative. The objective is to understand what kind of benefits, expectations and challenges entrepreneurs see in the co-operative business and its establishment. The context of the study is welfare sector. As the population ages, increases the need for welfare services and the role of private service providers emphasizes. The study is based on qualitative theme interview. The empirical material was collected by interviewing eleven entrepreneurs in home care and home nursing sectors. The interviews were executed during the summer and autumn 2006. As an additional material there have been used five interviews of entrepreneurs who are members of co-operatives in different sectors. These interviews were executed during the spring 2007. The results show that the entrepreneurs experience that cooperation brings noticeable added value to their business activity. Cooperation is believed to be a channel to develop business activities. Besides development, co-operative business is expected to reply to the collective needs of entrepreneurs. The biggest challenges of functional cooperation are opportunistic behavior and finding a trustworthy group of entrepreneurs to establish the co-operative. Successful cooperation with the public sector would be the mutual benefit of government, companies and clients.

Lähes 80 urheilijaa on valmentautumassa Berlinin olympialaisia silmälläpitäen

Urho Kekkosen haastattelu. - Lähes 80 urheilijaa on valmentautumassa Berlinin olympialaisia silmälläpitäen. Yleisurheilujoukkueen vahvuudeksi 40-45 miestä. Urheilijat ottaneet tehtävänsä tunnollisesti, joten saatamme odottaa senmukaisia tuloksia.