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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

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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

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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":"12 1","pages":"Article 100231"},"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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The quality of voluntary sustainability reports in the Italian cooperative credit banks 意大利合作信贷银行自愿可持续性报告的质量

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100230

Olga Ferraro , Elena Cristiano , Stefania Veltri

{"title":"The quality of voluntary sustainability reports in the Italian cooperative credit banks","authors":"Olga Ferraro , Elena Cristiano , Stefania Veltri","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2024.100230","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper focuses on the sustainability information voluntarily disclosed by Italian mutual banks or credit cooperative banks (CCBs) over the period 2015–2019. Our paper aims to contribute to the increasing debate on sustainability in banking sectors by investigating the quality of disclosure by Italian mutual banks, a peculiar non-profit category of banks which combine the value maximization for their stakeholders with the development of the local economy. We selected the Italian co-operative credit sector as it is one of the largest markets in Europe. We analyzed the quality of voluntary sustainability disclosure, in the light of the legitimacy theory, building an ad hoc framework which combines the three main CSR guidelines at international, national and local level (GRI, ABI and Federcasse) for Italian CCBs and content-analyzing each SR issued by the sampled CCBs. Our findings highlight a low general quality of the CSR information disclosure and a not homogeneous quality score for the different disclosed NFI category. Limits, future research directions and implications are provided.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"Article 100230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X24000016/pdfft?md5=c3da7b422a6d678b9f4cde793f3906b2&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X24000016-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139726827","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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Values congruence and SMEs’ active membership in business co-operatives 价值观一致与中小企业积极加入商业合作社

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2024-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100227

Shahid Ghauri, Tim Mazzarol, Geoffrey N. Soutar

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An overview of the development of agricultural cooperatives in Sudan over decades with special emphasis on Gum Arabic Producers’ Associations (GAPAs) 概述苏丹几十年来农业合作社的发展情况，特别强调阿拉伯树胶生产者协会 (GAPA)

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100217

Asma, E.M. Elzubair , Elamin Sanjak , Dafa-Alla M.D. Ahmed , Dietrich Darr

{"title":"An overview of the development of agricultural cooperatives in Sudan over decades with special emphasis on Gum Arabic Producers’ Associations (GAPAs)","authors":"Asma, E.M. Elzubair , Elamin Sanjak , Dafa-Alla M.D. Ahmed , Dietrich Darr","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100217","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100217","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper aims to highlight the historical development of agricultural cooperatives in Sudan by examining Gum Arabic Producers’ Associations (GAPAs) as a case study. Using a systematic literature review approach, the article relied on desk research from relevant secondary sources. Past and current data on the GAPAs’ development were analyzed to present trends. While various forms of traditional cooperation in the agriculture sector exist in Sudan, the first formal attempt to establish cooperatives was undertaken in the 1920s. The development of the cooperative movement was strongly influenced by changing governmental policies during the different governmental eras. Political intervention, lack of finance, poor infrastructure and limited capacity of cooperative members and managers were major constraints that hindered the cooperative movement. GAPAs were first established in 1992 in North Kordofan State, and the model was scaled up in 2005 to the whole country. The main objective of GAPAs is to increase the production of gum Arabic, for example by reducing the members’ dependency on the traditional finance (<em>Shail</em>) system. However, GAPAs have faced the same constraints that also hindered other types of agricultural cooperatives. The government’s focus on primarily increasing the number of GAPAs and size of membership rather than improving their organizational capacity and quality of services to members has largely rendered the GAPAs ineffective. Therefore, the study recommends raising awareness among policymakers in Sudan for the problems GAPAs and other agricultural cooperatives currently face, as well as of local communities working in agriculture for the antecedents and benefits of collective action, which remains an urgent priority.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"Article 100217"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139028953","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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Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions 合作社在全球大流行期间的复原力——2019冠状病毒病对英国信用合作社贷款行为的短期影响

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100220

Pål M. Vik , Joanna Curtis , Karl T. Dayson

{"title":"Resilience of cooperatives during global pandemics – Short-term effects of Covid-19 on lending behaviour of British credit unions","authors":"Pål M. Vik , Joanna Curtis , Karl T. Dayson","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100220","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cooperative financial institutions are believed to be less vulnerable to business and economic fluctuations linked to recessions and crises. This paper examines the short-term effects of Covid-19 on the British credit union sector drawing on survey data for 58 credit unions and follow-up interviews with 21 credit union managers. Loan demand, and the volume and value of loans were significantly lower in March and April 2020 after the introduction of government restrictions than in March and April 2019. Bad debt provisioning was also significantly higher in April 2020 than in April 2019. There was no significant difference for loan interest income between April 2019 and April 2020. The findings suggest that credit unions were affected by the pandemic in the same way as other financial institutions. For the majority of the credit unions, the decline in lending may be explained by a drop in consumer demand rather than restrictions put on the supply of credit. It is too early to conclude if the adverse economic conditions caused by Covid-19 will negatively affect the sustainability and ability of the sector to generate surpluses or if the cooperative model will shield the sector from resulting economic fluctuations, as suggested by the literature.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X2300023X/pdfft?md5=39ef28d7bcab10e6c68856935f889b3b&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X2300023X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92096437","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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An exploration of the relationship between member openness and perceived organisational openness at a particular point in the co-operative lifecycle 在合作生命周期的某个特定点上，对成员开放性和感知组织开放性之间关系的探索

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2023-10-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100218

Noreen Byrne , O. McCarthy , D. O’Loughlin

{"title":"An exploration of the relationship between member openness and perceived organisational openness at a particular point in the co-operative lifecycle","authors":"Noreen Byrne , O. McCarthy , D. O’Loughlin","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100218","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Co-operatives are essentially relational entities which are jointly co-created by members and the co-operative. This relational co-creation is particularly important in the founding years of the co-operative and at points of crisis and regeneration in the co-operative lifecycle. This paper explores the relationship between member openness towards relational engagement and their perception of the co-operative’s openness to that input (perceived openness) in a credit union context, prior to a major period of restructuring. Perceived openness is examined from two distinct perspectives, that is, awareness of right of involvement as owners (which in this paper we equated with co-operative member ownership structure) and possibility of involvement or perception of organisation openness (which in this paper we equated with co-operative process). It was found in the multivariate Logistic model that possibility rather than right of involvement is related to member openness. This suggests that the process of co-operation in a co-operative plays a greater role than the organisational structure of that co-operative in facilitating member input. This is a significant finding and suggests that greater attention needs to be given to process and openness in co-operative research and practice. It also suggests that co-operatives cannot just draw on their member ownership structure, in building member engagement at time of crisis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"11 2","pages":"Article 100218"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49722928","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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Hedging behavior of agribusiness cooperatives and investor-owned firms in Germany 德国农业企业合作社与投资者所有公司的对冲行为

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2023-10-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100219

Robin Nienhaus , Jason R.V. Franken , Joost M.E. Pennings

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Promoting systemic collaboration for sustainable innovation through intellectual property rights 通过知识产权促进可持续创新的系统合作

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Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100200

Jaakko Siltaloppi , Rosa Maria Ballardini

{"title":"Promoting systemic collaboration for sustainable innovation through intellectual property rights","authors":"Jaakko Siltaloppi , Rosa Maria Ballardini","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100200","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100200","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainability transitions call for new forms of collaboration supported by proper regulatory structures that enable multiple actors across sectoral boundaries to contribute to a system-level change towards more sustainable production and consumption practices. This paper integrates innovation research with intellectual property law to explore how such a systemic collaboration for sustainable innovation should be characterised, and how the intellectual property rights (IPR) system could be shaped to support it. First, we analyse existing research on open innovation and IPR and point to limitations in their applicability to systemic transitions for sustainability. Second, drawing on innovation ecosystems research, we outline a model of systemic collaboration for sustainable innovation, which highlights the co-specialisation of heterogeneous actors around system-specific alignment structures as the basis of the creation of system-level sustainability-improving solutions. Third, we analyse the limitations of the current IPR system vis-à-vis this type of systemic collaboration model and develop novel insights into how IPR could be shaped and leveraged to support systemic sustainable innovation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"11 1","pages":"Article 100200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49578219","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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