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| Lind, Lena W.. |
| This study gives a theoretical explanation to why the slaughter cooperative Swedish Meats demutualized in 2007. The hypothesis is that the problems related to the vaguely defined property rights of the cooperative raised the members’ agency costs to an extent that these costs exceeded the members’ perceived benefits from trading with the cooperative. To test this hypothesis, interviews with key stakeholders in the former Swedish Meats were conducted. The findings indicate that the problems of vaguely defined property rights made it impossible for the members to improve the cooperative’s profitability. Due to poor member governance, urgent long-term investments, for instance in marketing and product development, were not undertaken. Additionally, the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Slaughter; Vaguely defined property rights (VDPR); Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/114382 |
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| Bijman, Jos; Doorneweert, Bart. |
| Entrepreneurship is predominantly associated with the activities of an individual actor – the entrepreneur. It has also been related to the concept of firm ownership (e.g. Foss and Klein, 2005). This may lead to the conjecture that a collectively-owned firm is a setting for collective entrepreneurship. However, such reasoning encounters a number of taxing questions. If entrepreneurship is usually related to the individual, how does the collective embody entrepreneurial spirit and lead to effective outcomes? These and other questions will be addressed in this paper, which is mainly based on a review of the literature. The paper starts by providing an overview of the different schools of (economic) thought on entrepreneurship. Subsequently we discuss the... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Entreprepreneurship; Cooperative; Pro; Agribusiness; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43960 |
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| Hudson, Darren; Jones, Tom. |
| This paper examines current marketing practices by Mississippi soybean producers as well as willingness to participate in a marketing cooperative and willingness to plant Identity Preserved soybeans. In general, most Mississippi soybean producers utilize cash sales at harvest or forward contracting as primary marketing tools. Use of futures and options is found to increase with farm size. Willingness to participate in a marketing cooperative (pool) is found to be effected by use of cash sales at harvest as a primary marketing tool, money spent on gathering marketing information, previous experience with marketing pools, and age of the respondent. Willingness to plant Identity Preserved soybeans is directly related to offered premiums. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Soybeans; Marketing; Cooperative; Identity preserved; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15795 |
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| Nilsson, Jerker; Ohlsson, Camilla. |
| This article examines the market conditions, the strategies, and the organizational structures of agricultural cooperatives. Based on the growing literature on cooperative organizational models, it is expected that the new organizational patterns in the New Zealand dairy cooperatives in the early 2000s are a consequence of market changes. Case studies of the three cooperatives are conducted, focusing on the organizational structures in terms of collective versus individualized attributes. The dissolution of the New Zealand Dairy Board created new market opportunities for the cooperatives. Hence, the co-operatives had reason to develop new market strategies, and in order to pursue these well, they changed their organizational structures. The observations... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Dairy; New Zealand; Fonterra; Market strategy; Organizational model; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59553 |
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| Hueth, Brent; Marcoul, Philippe; Ginder, Roger G.. |
| Cooperative formation in agriculture sometimes occurs in response to the exit of a private firm and typically requires substantial equity investment by participating farmers. What economic rationale can explain why farmers are willing to contribute capital to an activity that (apparently) fails to attract non-farm or "private" investment? We hypothesize that farm capital is high cost, relative to that provided by private entrepreneurs (or in other words, that there is a degree of asset fixity in farm capital) but that it engenders greater organizational commitment-which is particularly important when expected market returns are low-on the part of producers. This commitment arises from the indirect incentive properties associated with at-risk capital. We... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Corporate financing; Moral hazard; Vertical integration; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/18478 |
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| McKee, Gregory J.. |
| The objective of this research is to assess the financial performance of North Dakota farm supply and grain handling cooperatives between 2002 and 2006. Audited financial statements from 120 cooperatives were used. Various financial variables are tested as determinants of profitability. Financial ratio analysis is used to observe trends in liquidity, solvency, and efficiency. Comparisons in ratio trends are made based on relative profitability. No statistical relationship is found between business size and profitability. The most profitable North Dakota agricultural input supply and grain marketing cooperatives were observed to have financial ratio values distinct from less profitable ones. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Cooperative; Agriculture; Financial ratio; Profitability; North Dakota; Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/48743 |
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| Boland, Michael A.; Amanor-Boadu, Vincent; Barton, David G.. |
| The case begins with an examination of Land O' Lakes' diversified portfolio of businesses. The business had undergone significant changes since 1998 - it dominated market share in butter and deli cheese, had become the largest crop protection, plant nutrient, and feed manufacturer in the US, and was the fourth largest US seed company. Land O'Lakes used mergers, joint ventures, acquisitions of public and private firms, and divestitures/closing of assets to restructure its portfolio to build its portfolio. The main issue was to evaluate its diversified portfolio of businesses and find ways to improve future performance. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Dairy; Agribusiness; Portfolio; Cooperative; Agribusiness; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/8118 |
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| Richards, Timothy J.; Manfredo, Mark R.. |
| Several explanations for merger activity exist for publicly traded firms, but none consider the unique aspects of cooperatives. This study develops a test for the hypothesis that cooperative consolidation occurs primarily in response to capital constraints associated with a lack of access to external equity capital. An empirical model estimates the shadow value of long-term investment capital within a multinomial logit model of transaction choice in a panel data set of the 100 largest U.S. cooperatives. The results substantially confirm the capital-constraint hypothesis. Thus, the primary implication is that internal growth may be a more viable alternative to consolidation if new forms of cooperative financing are developed. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Capital structure; Cooperative; Discrete choice; Joint ventures; Mergers; Multinomial logit; Strategic alliances; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30718 |
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