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| Staatz, John M.. |
| Since 1980, agricultural economists have begun to reexamine fundamental issues in the theory of agricultural cooperation. These include the basic nature of farmer cooperation; the theoretical benefits and limits of cooperative enterprise; and the implications of these for cooperative members, managers, and public policy. Analysts have extended previous models of the cooperative as a type of business firm in order to analyze the impact of large cooperatives on market performance. They have also developed new models to analyze how cooperatives attempt to serve the divergent interests of different participants, such as managers and different classes of farmers. This report describes and evaluates recent theoretical developments, outlines remaining areas of... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Cooperative theory; Public policy; Market coordination; Economic performance; Finance; Pricing; Member control; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 1989 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52017 |
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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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