Eight Edition Robert W. Palmatier, Louis W. Stern, Adel I. El-Ansary Pearson

The U.K.-based Co-operative Group is run and owned by its 7 million members. Essentially, it is a family of businesses that incorporates food retailing, financial services, pharmacies, funeral services, legal services, and electrical. The group has around 100,000 employees across the U.K., and has an annual turnover of u.s. $22 billion.