Member Heterogeneity in Agricultural Cooperatives: A Systems-Theoretic Perspective

Identification and Member Commitment to Agricultural Cooperatives

Member Investment Willingness in Agricultural Cooperatives in Shaanxi (China)

This study analyzes characteristics determining member’s willingness to invest in cooperatives using ordered logit model. The data were collected in a field survey among 122 cooperative members in north-central China. The descriptive analysis of survey evidence suggests that cooperatives in China generally having poor ability to deliver the processing services related to product package, gradin...

Entrepreneurship Approaches in Agricultural Cooperatives

Economists look at the entrepreneurship from the prospective of profitability, investment, risk, and insight supporting the economical development but it seems that, in modern societies, entrepreneurship`s function is beyond the economical bounds. According to the stage and importance of entrepreneurship which is known as the society’s economic and culture evolution engine, it is necessary to d...

Restructuring Agricultural Cooperatives

Changes in the market conditions for fruit and vegetables have induced Dutch cooperative auctions to restructure their sales and marketing activities. Nine auctions merged into VTN (VoedingsTuinbouw Nederland) and established the marketing organisation The Greenery BV. VTN/The Greenery has encountered problems in its relationship with the growers, which may undermine its stability. A model is p...

FULTON Cooperatives and Member Commitment

Agricultural cooperatives around the world are facing major structural challenges as they respond to a more industrialized agriculture, globalization, and freer trade. Co-ops are responding to these changes by merging, by finding new ways of raising capital, and by developing new organizational forms such as New Generation Co-ops. One of the critically important issues co-ops face as they under...