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Handbook of research on cooperatives and mutuals
Title
Handbook of research on cooperatives and mutuals / edited by Matthew S. Elliott (Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ness School of Management and Economics, South Dakota State University) and Michael A. Boland (Ph.D., Professor of Agricultural Economics and the Koller Endowed Chairholder in Agribusiness Management and Information Technology, University of Minnesota, US).
ISBN
9781802202618 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (592 pages)
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Access is available to the Yale community.
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Summary
"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 Elliott and Michael Boland, and the contributors assess cooperatives' social, economic and environmental effects and analyse the impact of regional and cultural features that make cooperatives unique. The insightful chapters are organised into key sections, including theory, organisation, governance and cross-sector applications, and introduce a relevant theory, framework, special topic or mini case on cooperatives and mutuals. The Handbook also examines the role of leaders, members and producers in supply chain governance and looks at different forms of cooperatives and mutuals and their prominence in the economy. Offering an excellent in-depth read, this Handbook will be a vital additional resource for economics scholars and researchers, and those teaching and working on cooperatives and mutualism. It will also prove helpful for conducting leader and member education programs"-- Provided by publisher.
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Elgaronline.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 28, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents: Introduction to the handbook of research on cooperatives and mutuals / Matthew S. Elliott and Michael A. Boland
Part I. Theory
1. The economic theory of agricultural and consumer cooperatives / Jeffrey S. Royer
2. The new institutional economic theory of cooperatives: Taking stock, looking ahead / Matthew S. Elliott and Frayne Olson
Part II. Organization
3. Organizational costs in agricultural cooperatives: Comparison of European and us approaches / Constantine Iliopoulos and Michael L. Cook
4. New generation cooperatives: What we know and need to learn / Jason Franken
5. Cooperative business structures: Access to capital via equity and credit / Christopher J. Kopka
Part III. Governance
6. Social capital and governance of agricultural cooperatives / Jerker Nilsson
7. Leadership in agricultural cooperatives / John L. Park, Diane B. Friend, Matthew T. Manley and Barry L. Boyd
8. Measuring cooperative performance using organizational effectiveness and member participation / Sanjib Bhuyan and Kostas Karantininis
9. A framework for understanding the role of producers in governance of supply chains / Michael A. Boland, Noreen Byrne, Bridget Carroll, Olive McCarthy, Stephen Pitts, and Will Secor
10. The role of the farmer and their cooperative in supply chain governance: A Latin American small producer perspective / Stephen Pitts
11. The role of the farmer and their cooperative in supply chain governance: A us perspective / Michael A. Boland and William Secor
12. The role of the farmer and their cooperative in supply chain governance: An Irish perspective / Bridget Carroll, Olive McCarthy, Noreen Byrne, Michael A. Boland and Michael Ward
Part IV. Cross-sector applications
13. Risk and uncertainty in cooperative business / Frayne Olson and Matthew S. Elliott
14. The role of the marketing year and its implications for business strategy and finance / Michael A. Boland
15. Towards a framework for formulating cooperative strategy / Matthew S. Elliott, Frayne Olson, and Jasper Grashuis
16. Profit distribution and financial performance in cooperative firms / Phil Kenkel, Brian Briggeman, and Keri Jacobs
17. The implications of taxation and tax policies for cooperatives and members / Phil Kenkel, Keri Jacobs, and Brian Briggeman
18. Capitalization, equity, and growth in cooperative firms / Keri Jacobs, Phil Kenkel, and Brian Briggeman
Part V. Social, environmental and economic impacts
19. Differential economic impacts for cooperative business structures: An application to farmer-owned cooperatives in new york state / Todd M. Schmit, Frederick C. Tamarkin, and Roberta M. Severson
20. Agricultural cooperatives and the transition to environmentally sustainable food systems / Jos Bijman and Julia Höhler
21. The development of cooperative-designed indicators for the sdgs / Fiona Duguid and Daphne Rixon
Part VI. Regional and cultural features
22. African American cooperatives: From economic survival to economic justice / Jessica Gordon Nembhard
23. Recent developments among dairy cooperatives in the European Union / Julia Höhler and Jos Bijman
24. Social relations and cooperative development in rural China / Qian Wan, Eric Micheels, and Murray Fulton
25. Farmer cooperatives in China: Frontiers in development and research / Qiao Liang and Ziming Han
26. Agricultural cooperatives in Latin America: The case of dairy / Alejandro Galetto and Gustavo Rossini
27. Unique features of agricultural cooperatives in sub-saharan Africa / Nicola Francesconi, Fleur Wouterse, Michael L. Cook and Gashaw Abate Tadesse
Part VII. Special sectors and topics
28. Consumer cooperatives: Purpose and possibilities / Zoë T. Plakias and Jason S. Entsminger
29. Product innovation and promotion of value-added products via marketing cooperatives / Kristin Kiesel, Sean Kiely, and Rachael E. Goodhue
30. Mutuals / James M. White
31. Worker cooperatives: Solidarity at work / Sonja Novkovic and Jessica Gordon Nembhard
32. Multi-stakeholder cooperatives / Sonja Novkovic and Margaret Lund Epilogue: future directions on research and education on cooperatives and mutualism / Matthew S. Elliott and Michael A. Boland
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