Generic Solutions to Coordination and Organizational Costs: Informing Cooperative Longevity

Authors:
Cook, M.L.
Iliopoulos, C.
Type: Journal Article
Journal title: Journal on Chain and Network Science
Year of publication: 2016
Source: AGRERI
Subject:
agricultural economics
agribusiness and cooperatives
cooperative farming
Description:

For years, scholars and policy makers have argued that cooperatives, particularly agricultural cooperatives, exhibit organizational inefficiencies primarily caused by individual member behaviour that is often independent and non-cooperative conflicting with the formation of effective coalition building.  This free riding tendency creates significant challenges for a continued joint collaboration between and among member patrons.  Yet, agricultural cooperatives have a long history of surviving as successful business enterprises.  This paper presents a framework that proposes generic solutions effective as design principles in addressing the negative consequences of high organization costs, thus leading to sustainable common group interest activities.

 

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