For decades, the cooperative enterprise (CE) produces market goods and/or provides
services in the interest to its members, such as communities, customers, and suppliers. The …

This study explores the extent to which members' assessment of their cooperatives' degree
of success is related to various member attributes, notably the members' perception of their …

The co-operative and mutual enterprise business model represents a unique type of
organisation that has a dual purpose focused on both economic and social goals. For nearly …

The objectives of dairy processing cooperatives differ from those of investor‐owned firms
(IOFs). However, the literature usually assumes the same performance measures for …

This paper shows how cooperatives' changing organizational structures can be explained
by the Theory of Institutional Change. When a cooperative's decision makers receive …

Co-operatives have been likened to a 'network of contracts' or 'coalition'. This is particularly
the case for 'producer owned'co-operatives that have small business operators such as …

The Common Agricultural Policy pays particular attention to the decline of young farmers in
the European Union. For this reason, plenty of different policy measures and motives for new …

An interfirm cooperative is an enterprise collectively owned by many other firms. The insights
regarding its efficiency are organized based on the transaction and ownership relationship …

Studies show that the co-operatives that have been established by governmental officials in
Russia have not been successful. This study seeks to explore whether the government …

A cooperative business consists of a cooperative society and a cooperative business firm.
The society of members intends to control the business in such a way as to focus the …