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| Berlin, Christina; Erikson, Ljusk Ola. |
| The forest owner cooperatives in Sweden were established almost a century ago with the aim to improve the private forest owners’ bargaining situation and improve silviculture (the study, cultivation, and management of forest trees). The characteristics of today’s private forest owners and forest industry are changing, something which should encourage the forest owner cooperatives to consider adaptations of their organizations. The aims of this paper are, first, to describe characteristics of forest owner cooperative members and second, to probe the applicability of farm cooperative research in this venture. The statements that are tested are based on characteristics established in farm cooperative research and refer to (i) a negative relation between... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Private forest owners; Cooperative theory; Statistical analysis; Member’s age; Property size; Transaction; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/46580 |
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