Cooperatives are of particular interest to economists because of their unique ownership
structure and the incentives this structure creates. In addition to the so-called property rights …

We develop a classification of traditional versus restructured cooperative organizational
attributes based on an inductive approach. Using this classification and integrating concepts …

This paper provides an integrated analysis of the structural, relational, and cognitive
dimensions of social capital in cooperatives. The social capital concept is integrated with …

本文从农业产业化的角度, 构建了农民专业合作社服务功能实现程度的分析框架, 并利用3 省241
家样本合作社的熬据实证分析了影响农民专业合作辱土月良务功能实现徽的主要因素 …

The number of agricultural cooperatives increased quickly in Ethiopia since the 1990s.
While many papers studied the impact of membership of Ethiopian cooperatives, not much is …

ABSTRACT A principal‐agent model is formulated to capture the efficiency of cooperatives
with a member CEO and cooperatives with an employed outsider as CEO. Results of the …

With over 5,000 credit unions and 127 million members, US credit unions are the largest
network of financial cooperatives in the world. To what extent do US credit unions follow …

A visão predominante na teoria econômica é que organizações de propriedade difusa e
complexas apresentam melhor desempenho se forem separados os direitos ao lucro …

The role of cooperatives in buffering the effects of imperfect markets on smallholder
agriculture especially in developing countries has been widely atoned. However, and in …

Credit unions compete directly with commercial banks in markets for consumer financial
services yet receive an exemption from federal corporate income tax. Commercial banks …