Cooperative Culture and Business Management in the Dairy Region of Cordoba and Santa Fe. Argentina, from the end of the 19th Century to 1970

Abstract

This article presents the results and findings of an investigation based on primary sources. It reappraises the knowledge of temporally and spatially-situated historical processes. It seeks to explain the transformations that took place in the Argentine dairy region of Córdoba-Santa Fe at times when there was an intensification of agro-industrial activity under the leadership of the co-operative company Sancor (Sancor Butter Factory Co-operative Limited). This company promoted a model that consisted in incorporating advanced technologies. In the deployment of its organizational capabilities, there were certain underlying cooperativism related cultural values.