A micro analytical, interdisciplinary informed framework is presented to postulate why and
how some cooperatives endure for long periods of time. This five-phase framework was …

During the last 20 years many traditionally organized agricultural cooperatives have been
forced to abandon their business form. Explanations have been put forward, comprising a …

Recent studies on structural and relational embeddedness suggest that favorable position
and connections in supply networks benefit a firm. While fruitful, this focus misses the …

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 …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed new light on the issue of preference
heterogeneity in cooperatives. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the ideas of …

Under what conditions do cooperatively owned enterprises scale to stand alongside investor-
owned firms? This article measures and attempts to explain large cooperatives' variable …

Studies on cooperatives and cooperative performance have a long empirical tradition. This
study provides new data on the multifaceted positions and functions of farmer cooperatives …

Agri-food cooperatives evolved towards an increasing diversity of cooperative models,
understood as modes of horizontal and vertical coordination of the value chain. This …

The Italian co-operative enterprises have prospered in the last 30 years in various sectors. In
this essay we analyse the role played by managerialisation in allowing Italian co-ops to …

US farmer cooperatives are increasing in size but decreasing in number because of merger
and acquisition (M&A) activity. However, the empirical literature on cooperative M&A activity …