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Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Performance and Governance in Agricultural Cooperatives by : See Yang (Agricultural economist)
Download or read book The Relationship Between Performance and Governance in Agricultural Cooperatives written by See Yang (Agricultural economist) and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research in cooperative governance have modeled the relationship between performance and governance using econometric methods such as two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation and three-stage least squares (3SLS) estimation. This study uses an alternative modeling approach to cooperative governance--structural equation modeling. Treated in a novel way, cooperative performance is measured as a latent variable. The findings contribute a robust measurement model to the literature providing evidence that cooperative performance is best measured by qualitative indicators rather than quantitative financial indicators. The structural model suggests that cooperative performance is weakly associated with governance practices.
Book Synopsis Agricultural Cooperatives by : Glynn McBride
Download or read book Agricultural Cooperatives written by Glynn McBride and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genesis of this book dates back a number of years to an annual meeting of the American Institute of Cooperation. Cooperative leaders at that meeting openly expressed their feelings that they would like a much stronger commitment on the part of our land grant universities in particular and other educational institutions in general to creating a greater understanding of cooperatives and their role in our economy. Since I was in agreement with this position, the course in general group action which I was teaching was changed to emphasize the role of agricultural cooperatives. The need for a textbook designed to help in this emphasis became apparent. This book is the culmination of an effort to meet that need. This book has been prepared with the student and instructor in mind. It is based upon experience gained from many years of interaction with students in a classroom setting, in discussions with them after class hours, and after they had finished their degree requirements and had taken positions in jndustry, government, or elsewhere. While objectives of the book have remained relatively unchanged over time, the sub stance and format as means of meeting those objectives have changed from time to time as a result of these contacts and discussions. The input xiv Preface xv of students over the years as reflected in this product is gratefully acknowledged.
Book Synopsis Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies by : Kostas Karantininis
Download or read book Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies written by Kostas Karantininis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book collects sixteen essays that provide clarification to issues pertinent to contemporary cooperatives. Twenty three internationally recognized scholars of agricultural cooperatives from a variety of disciplines such as industrial organization, finance, sociology, networks, and political theory contributed theoretical work and empirical observations from different countries.
Book Synopsis Agricultural Cooperatives In Transition by : Csaba Csaki
Download or read book Agricultural Cooperatives In Transition written by Csaba Csaki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-28 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1993, this is a study of agricultural co-operatives. The farming structure in transition countries has shifted from dominance of large corporate farms to family smallholdings. Smallholders everywhere experience difficulties with access to market services, including sale of products, purchase of inputs, and acquisition of machinery; they suffer from credit shortages and have limited access to information and advisory services. The barriers to market access prevent smallholders from fully exploiting their inherent productivity advantages. Best-practice world experience highlights farmers' service cooperatives, created by grassroots users, as the most effective way of improving the market access of small farmers. Service cooperatives also help smallholders overcome market failures, when private business entrepreneurs are unwilling to provide services in areas that they judge unprofitable or unfairly exploit users through monopolistic practices. These difficulties and market failures are prominent in transition countries and scholars accordingly expected rapid development of agricultural service cooperatives in response to smallholder needs. The present volume explores gaps between expectations and reality.
Download or read book What the Co-op Manager Does written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals by : Matthew S. Elliott
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals written by Matthew S. Elliott and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive Handbook provides a global update on the state of knowledge in cooperatives and mutuals, expertly describing future directions for research and education. Showcasing extensive discussions of cooperative theory, Matthew S. Elliott and Michael A. Boland, and the contributors, assess cooperatives' social, economic and environmental effects and analyse the impact of regional and cultural features that make cooperatives unique.
Book Synopsis Accommodating Two Worlds in One Organization by : W.J. Jos Bijman
Download or read book Accommodating Two Worlds in One Organization written by W.J. Jos Bijman and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While most economic organisation literature on cooperatives has focused on changes in income rights, we study changes in the allocation of decision rights between board of directors (representing members) and managers. The traditional role of the board is to direct the activities of the managers. However, professional management increasingly makes most strategic decisions, pushing the board into a supervisory role. We present two groups of findings on changing board - management relationships. We identify three corporate governance models: traditional model, management model, and corporation model, and we present an empirical illustration showing a relationship between the choice of board model and product portfolio and performance.
Book Synopsis Reorganization Performance of Local Agricultural Cooperatives by : Jodi Taitt
Download or read book Reorganization Performance of Local Agricultural Cooperatives written by Jodi Taitt and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Performance Evaluation of Agricultural Producer Organizations by : Jennifer Keeling Bond
Download or read book New Perspectives on Performance Evaluation of Agricultural Producer Organizations written by Jennifer Keeling Bond and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 重栞宋本十三經注疏. [7], 春秋左傳, di 81-104 ce by :
Download or read book 重栞宋本十三經注疏. [7], 春秋左傳, di 81-104 ce written by and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives by : Haftom Mezgobo
Download or read book Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives written by Haftom Mezgobo and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This well organized research project under the title of performance of agricultural cooperatives and their implication on members' satisfaction was examined the basic managerial, financial, marketing and social roles or functions of agricultural cooperatives. To come up with the insights (results, conclusion and recommendations) the research has used both qualitative and quantitative data from primary and secondary sources with appropriate analytical tools for each cooperative performance indicators such as document analysis for managerial performance, ratio analysis for financial performance, marketing margin and variance analysis for marketing performance and econometric analysis for social performances. Moreover, the secondary data were supported by first hand investigated, analyzed and tested data (descriptive and econometric models). Therefore, I strongly recommend that all academicians and practitioners in business field in general and cooperatives field in particular to purchase this convenient hand book from the highly regarded academic publisher LAP.
Book Synopsis Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions by : Claudia Parliament
Download or read book Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions written by Claudia Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cooperatives, Economic Democratization and Rural Development by : Jos Bijman
Download or read book Cooperatives, Economic Democratization and Rural Development written by Jos Bijman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external challenges that these complex organizations face and the solutions that they have developed. The contributors provide an increased understanding of the transformation of traditional community organizations into modern farmer-owned businesses. They cover issues including: the impact on rural development and inclusiveness, the role of social capital, formal versus informal organizations, democratic participation and member relations, and their role in value chains. Students and scholars will find the book’s multidisciplinary approach useful in their research. It will also be of interest to policy-makers seeking to understand the wide diversity of organizational forms and functions. NGOs, donors and governments seeking to support rural developments will benefit from the discussions raised in this book.
Book Synopsis The Agricultural Cooperative in the Framework of the European Cooperative Society by : Georg Miribung
Download or read book The Agricultural Cooperative in the Framework of the European Cooperative Society written by Georg Miribung and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) regarding agricultural activities by comparing how specific questions arising in this context must be dealt with under the Italian and Austrian legal systems. In this regard, Council Regulation (EC) No. 1435/2003, of 22 July 2003, on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE), is used as a tool for the structured analysis of various aspects of agricultural cooperatives. However, a comparison is only meaningful if the results are made comparable on the basis of a previously defined standard. Accordingly, the study uses, on one hand, a cooperative model developed by European legal scholars that defines general guidelines on how cooperatives should function (PECOL). On the other, the results are presented in connection with economic considerations to discuss how efficient rules can be developed.
Book Synopsis Three Essays on the Dynamic Ownership and Governance of U.S. Farmer Cooperatives by : Jasper Grashuis
Download or read book Three Essays on the Dynamic Ownership and Governance of U.S. Farmer Cooperatives written by Jasper Grashuis and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to better understand the long-term behavior of farmer-owned economic organizations, the cooperative life cycle model is advanced and improved via the application of economic theory to each of its five phases. Specifically, transaction cost theory, property rights theory, and agency theory help explain the birth-to-death trajectory of farmer cooperatives, which tinker and reinvent to remain optimal in the competitive market. Tinkering is the adaptation of constitutional rights, policies, and procedures to adjust member objectives, and reinventing is defined as the adaptation of organizational scope or purpose to adjust cooperative actions. As such, tinkering and reinventing are two processes to maintain the long-term cooperative equilibrium. Another aspect of importance to the economic viability of farmer cooperatives is governance, which involves all the mechanisms to manage the separation of control and ownership. Cooperative governance is often assumed to be identical to corporate governance, yet differences in structures and objectives suggest otherwise. Secondary data analysis is conducted to descriptively inform the difference in governance and performance for two samples of agri-food firms and cooperatives. Demographically, all financial characteristics as well as most board and management characteristics are observed to be significantly different for the two samples. According to the main result of the empirical analysis, the causal impact of board size, female directorship, director independence, and director equity ownership on financial performance is also significantly different, which implies cooperative governance is not identical to corporate governance. As compared to the firm, the overall structure of farmer cooperatives is often analyzed in isolation. There exist typologies of the ownership structure, the governance structure, as well as the capital structure. However, the interrelationship is underexplored. To address the gap in the literature, a three-dimensional framework is informed by agency theory, finance theory, and cooperative theory. The three dimensions are member ownership diversity, member control delegation, and financial flexibility, for which a positive linear relationship is hypothesized. Primary survey data is collected for the full population of U.S. farmer cooperative to test hypotheses of the framework. Based on 371 survey responses, a relatively wide tunnel of cooperative life is observed in which low ownership diversity and low member control delegation do not correspond to high financial flexibility. Further, empirical data analysis indicates the relationship of ownership and capital is independent, while the relationship of ownership and governance is bi-directional.
Book Synopsis Performance Improvement in Complex Organizations by : Dick Lucius Maganga
Download or read book Performance Improvement in Complex Organizations written by Dick Lucius Maganga and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Management and Governance of Networks by : George W. J. Hendrikse
Download or read book Management and Governance of Networks written by George W. J. Hendrikse and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights cutting-edge research in the economics and management of networks as an interdisciplinary field, offering new theoretical, empirical and practical perspectives on the management, governance, ownership and control of cooperatives, franchising networks and strategic alliances. Further, it presents a strategic group perspective on franchisers and discusses both social entrepreneurship issues in franchising and franchising strategies for Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia. Lastly, it offers a dynamic capabilities approach to alliance portfolio management and analyses the antecedents of the transitions taking place in the lifecycles of alliances.