Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management最新文献

Enacted or idealistic co-operative values? 制定的还是理想主义的合作价值观？

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-09-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100248

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Exploring the impact of accelerator programs on startup success: A focus on corporate collaboration and goal achievement 探索加速器计划对初创企业成功的影响：关注企业合作与目标实现

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-09-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100235

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Organizational structures of agriculture cooperatives in China: Evidence from the green vegetable sector 中国农业合作社的组织结构：来自绿色蔬菜行业的证据

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100246

Yan Liu , Elena Garnevska , Nicola Shadbolt

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Social capital and credit risk in a financial cooperative of Ecuador 厄瓜多尔一家金融合作社的社会资本与信贷风险

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100247

Juanita Salinas Vásquez , Juan Pablo Sarmiento Jara , María Paz Urgilés Salinas , Diego Fernando Oña Avendaño

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Cooperative opportunities for strengthening SMEs in dealing with online platforms 加强中小企业与网络平台打交道的合作机会

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100245

Anselm Balk

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Collective action for rice smallholder’s value chain: Insight from Yogyakarta, Indonesia 水稻小农价值链的集体行动：印度尼西亚日惹的启示

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-04-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100236

Shaf Rijal Ahmad , Nicola Shadbolt , Janet Reid

{"title":"Collective action for rice smallholder’s value chain: Insight from Yogyakarta, Indonesia","authors":"Shaf Rijal Ahmad , Nicola Shadbolt , Janet Reid","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100236","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The rice value chain in Indonesia is dominated by smallholder farmers, and the recent transformation presents bigger opportunities for them to participate in the chain system through collective action. This study identifies and describes 1) the benefits of collective action and 2) how smallholder rice farmers act collectively within a group and why. This paper presents a case study involving smallholder rice farmers in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, who have worked collectively and benefited from the valuechain transformation. Data were sourced from semi-structured interviews involving relevant actors. This interview data is complemented with document studies. The finding shows that collective action helps build competitive advantage by facilitating smallholder farmers to develop their capabilities, improve their bargaining power, and bypass intermediaries. Nevertheless, this only works for smallholder farmers with a production capacity above their household needs. The findings also show that the drivers of collective action are motivation, trust, shared visions, social cohesion, good leadership, active engagement, and external support. This study contributes to knowledge about the interaction between actors within a collective group and how to develop smallholder organizations, particularly for rice commodities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140621999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Entrepreneurial cooperatives: The impact of entrepreneurial orientation on economic and social performance 创业型合作社：创业导向对经济和社会绩效的影响

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100234

Ueli Löffel, Markus Gmür

{"title":"Entrepreneurial cooperatives: The impact of entrepreneurial orientation on economic and social performance","authors":"Ueli Löffel, Markus Gmür","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100234","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although most SMEs are corporations, a substantial proportion are cooperatives and direct competitors in the same business areas. Cooperatives are an organizational alternative combining the ingredients for a sustainable and equal economy in its business model. However, they are often alleged to be inefficient and structurally inert compared to corporations. It is not clear how cooperatives manage to be innovative and efficient, given the characteristics of the cooperative model. Furthermore, there is a lack of understanding how an entrepreneurial orientation (EO) helps them to perform in competition. This study theoretically and empirically examines whether cooperatives benefit from EO in their multi-dimensional goal system. Additionally, the study asks how cooperative-specific collective characteristics relate to EO and performance. Using cross-sectoral data of 368 cooperatives in Switzerland and applying structural equation modelling (PLS), the results show that EO is significantly and positively linked to economic performance. Inter- and intraorganizational cooperation is associated with higher levels of EO and indirectly affects performance through EO. The results suggest that cooperatives, like other SMEs, benefit from EO in competition and can take advantage of cooperative-specific characteristics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X24000053/pdfft?md5=56c08b566198908f3182ceb2ce9fe144&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X24000053-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140320853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ireland’s largest beef processing cooperative: A venture beyond their control 爱尔兰最大的牛肉加工合作社：无法控制的风险

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100233

Edel Kelly , Aisling Murtagh , Declan O’Brien

{"title":"Ireland’s largest beef processing cooperative: A venture beyond their control","authors":"Edel Kelly , Aisling Murtagh , Declan O’Brien","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100233","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper investigates the rapid growth of Irish beef processing cooperatives during the 1960s and 1970s. They failed to hold their market position, selling out to private-owned business by the 1980s. With the benefit of hindsight this paper identifies factors influencing their development and demise. creating a picture of the business environment during their lifetime. Interviews and historical sources are used to build the story of the largest farmer-owned beef processing cooperative Cork Marts IMP. The roles of influential actors and institutions at that time are examined through the functions of an Innovation System. This paper identifies weakness such as firm structures, loyalty, technical skills and knowledge in terms of strategic management, financial planning and marketing, which all played a role in its failure. This marketing innovation of the 1960s, while brave, might now be considered naive and unlucky in having to deal with challenges that were beyond its control. This paper provides insights into competition, scale and supplier power impacting its failure and how scaling export orientated cooperatives might consider a systems-based approach in strategic planning for supporting sustained economic development. Such failures have scarred Irish agriculture as no farmer-owned beef processing business has challenged the dominance of privately-owned enterprises.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X24000041/pdfft?md5=b1eaa05cfe9517a39463d7b9732abccc&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X24000041-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140309835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A framework of HRM in cooperatives: A systematic literature review and future research agenda 合作社人力资源管理框架：系统文献综述和未来研究议程

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100232

Ludger Voigt, Dietrich von der Oelsnitz

{"title":"A framework of HRM in cooperatives: A systematic literature review and future research agenda","authors":"Ludger Voigt, Dietrich von der Oelsnitz","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100232","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100232","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cooperatives, as democratic organizations owned and controlled by their members, pose distinctive challenges in the realm of human resource management (HRM). These challenges stem from their commitment to serving the diverse interests of multiple stakeholders and the fundamental differentiation between member and non-member employees. In an era where sustainability and a multi-stakeholder perspective have gained prominence in HRM research, cooperatives offer an ideal context for exploring these dynamic developments. Through a comprehensive synthesis of existing literature, this review seeks to construct an HRM framework that is tailored specifically to cooperatives. It highlights how the distinctive characteristics of cooperatives, such as member self-leadership, self-control, and adherence to cooperative values and principles, shape HRM policies and practices. The insights derived from this study provide implications for guiding future research in the domain of HRM within the cooperative sector.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X2400003X/pdfft?md5=c3b60a639a12f3b7f89f1ef846c7ea6d&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X2400003X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140187952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The influence of size and outreach on agency-related costs in the management of deposit-taking financial co-operatives in Kenya 肯尼亚接受存款金融合作社管理中规模和外联对代理相关成本的影响

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100231

Peter Njuguna , David Mathuva

{"title":"The influence of size and outreach on agency-related costs in the management of deposit-taking financial co-operatives in Kenya","authors":"Peter Njuguna , David Mathuva","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100231","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100231","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using agency and economies of scale theories, this study investigates the influence of size and outreach factors on agency-related costs (ARCs) in the management of deposit-taking (DT) savings and credit co-op societies (SACCOs) in Kenya. Data are retrieved from 160 DT SACCOs in Kenya over the period 2014–2021. Both panel ordinary least squares and 2-step generalized method of moments are utilized to address the objectives of the study. The results depict that ARC levels within the global standard between 0.040 and 0.046 of the average assets with a significant decline during the Covid-19 pandemic period. We further note that as DT SACCOs scale up (in terms of the peer group), the resultant economies of scale lead to lower ARCs. More specifically, smaller DT SACCOs seem to exhibit weaker expense efficiency compared to larger ones. Finally, the results reveal that SACCOs with more members and branch offices are associated with higher ARCs. The study calls for a cautious and prudent expense management strategy by the DT SACCOs to assure solvency and self-sufficiency of the financial cooperatives in Kenya.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140016092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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