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{"title":"Democratic governance and modernity in 21st century co-operatives in Portugal: Frontiers and balances","authors":"Deolinda Meira , Maria Elisabete Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49722959","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}

{"title":"Management in worker cooperatives: Democracy vs. dissonance, and possible overcoming approaches","authors":"Alfonso Estragó","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49722960","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}

{"title":"Stronger together, but how? Lessons from the Walloon dairy history on the strategic relevance of cooperative models","authors":"Véronique De Herde","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100198","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49735349","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}

{"title":"Horizontal collaborations and the competitiveness of dairy farmers in Brazil","authors":"Raiane Real Martinelli,&nbsp;Julio Cesar Damasceno,&nbsp;Marcel Moreira de Brito,&nbsp;Vinicius Donizeti Vieira da Costa,&nbsp;Pedro Gustavo Loesia Lima,&nbsp;Ferenc Istvan Bánkuti","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100183","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100183","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The efficiency of an agricultural system depends not only on how its agents work and solve problems individually but also on how they interact with each other and with their environment. In Brazil, dairy farmers have found it difficult to remain and grow in business. To overcome market and institutional challenges, agents of the dairy production chain have developed different forms of organization and coordination. This study aimed to determine whether dairy farmers who participate in horizontal organizations have greater competitiveness than those who do not. Primary data were collected from 347 dairy farms located in two important milk-producing states in Brazil, namely Paraná and São Paulo. Competitiveness indicators were developed using factor analysis. Fourteen variables were combined into four competitiveness indicators: productive capacity (PC), institutional knowledge (IK), perception of market transactions and incentives (PMTI), and quality of milk transportation. Dairy farmers who participated in horizontal organizations had higher PC, IK, and PMTI scores than non-participants. Efficient horizontal organizations can increase the competitiveness of dairy farms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100183"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54765685","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}

{"title":"Impact of the board of directors on financial performance and company capital: Risk management as an intervening variable","authors":"Nurdjanah Hamid,&nbsp;Ida Bagus Anom Purbawangsa","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2021.100164","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2021.100164","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>This study investigates the effect of the board of directors on financial performance and company capital, either directly or indirectly with the risk management in Indonesia.</p></div><div><h3>Design/methodology</h3><p>This study presents an empirical investigation with samples of 31 nonfinancial companies out of a total population of 48 listed on the Indonesia stock exchange for the period from 2010 and 2016. The sampling method used was purposive sampling. Methods of data analysis in this study used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>The results of the SEM model find that there is a significant positive effect of risk management and the tenure-Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on financial performance and company capital. However, CEO duality has a significant negative effect on financial performance. The results also find that the effect of CEO duality and board size are significantly positive on financial performance through risk management.</p></div><div><h3>Originality/value</h3><p>This is the first-time paper to seek to influence the effect of the board of directors, financial performance, and company capital, either directly or indirectly on risk management in Indonesia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100164"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54765431","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}

{"title":"Technical efficiency analysis: Management factor as determinants of saving and credit cooperatives’ health","authors":"Atik Purmiyati ,&nbsp;Rossanto Dwi Handoyo ,&nbsp;Wisudanto","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100186","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100186","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The main purpose of this study is to analyze the technical efficiency of Saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) and the impact for SACCOs’ health using primary data obtained from a survey of 178 respondents of SACCOs in East Java, Indonesia. The three stages of the analysis used are Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Tobit Regression and Logistic Regression. Based on the results of the analysis using the DEA method, it is concluded that the average performance that can be achieved by SACCOs with existing technology is 65 % of the maximum potential yield. There are 61.3 % of SACCOs which are declared technically inefficient. The factors that influence the level of technical efficiency of Saving and Credit Cooperatives are interest, loan term, manager's age, and type of business. Furthermore, the factors that affect the health of the cooperative based on logistics analysis are the variable frequency of management meetings, age of the cooperative, fixed deposits and average loan. This study supports the SACCOs in becoming more efficient and healthy with the influence of external policy (from government) and internal policy (from SACCOs).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100186"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X22000222/pdfft?md5=7c7c69a6c9c6e4e670b2ec82a0ba0682&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X22000222-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47363735","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}

{"title":"Barriers to organizational learning and sustainability: The case of a consumer cooperative","authors":"Battaglia Massimo ,&nbsp;Annesi Nora","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100182","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100182","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This explorative research deals with the relationship between barriers to organizational learning (OL) and the adoption of sustainability-related strategies, focusing on the cooperative business model. A single case study involving a large Italian food retailing cooperative was conducted. Interviews with 12 managers and ten external stakeholders were recorded and analyzed with NVivo software. The results were coded based on the taxonomy of barriers proposed by <span>Shilling and Kluge (2009)</span>. A total of 153 pieces of evidence emerged, subtending OL-related barriers to the integration of sustainability at business level. Most of these barriers prevented the sustainability-related initiatives from being fully integrated and/or institutionalized, operating at the level of groups or of the entire organization. To stimulate the effective integration and institutionalization of sustainability in the cooperative’s business strategy, the implementation of adequate organizational and managerial instruments emerges as strategic. Effective communication, measurement tools of sustainability performance, and improvement of staff skills represent opportunities to overcome the identified barriers. As links with customers and communities, cooperative members also play a key role in this perspective.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100182"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54765642","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}

{"title":"Analyzing decision-making factors in the generational succession of rural youth","authors":"Adriano Lago ,&nbsp;Gabrieli dos Santos Amorim ,&nbsp;Mariele Boscardin ,&nbsp;Luis Carlos Zucatto ,&nbsp;Rosani Marisa Spanevello","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100187","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100187","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper analyzes the decision-making factors that influence the generational succession of young members or children of members of agricultural cooperatives in the grain, meat, and dairy segments in the southern region of Brazil. First, 25 factors that influence the process of generational succession, called decision-making factors, were identified through a literature review and dialogue with the cooperatives. Then, using the methodology adapted from Slack, Chambers and Johnston (2007), a sample of 308 young people between 18 and 30 years old evaluated the level of importance and performance of the decision-making factors indicated. In the respondents’ opinion, none of the 25 factors performed better than their importance, as all factors present the possibility of improvement. However, according to the evaluation methodology used in this paper, 20 factors (property size; access to technologies; access to media and information; labor availability; diversification of agricultural activities; income provided by agricultural activities; access to education; social interaction and number of people in the community; professional expectations; remuneration received by the youth; education; type of work performed; marriage; autonomy; family dialogue; encouragement and recognition; technical assistance; presence of the cooperative, union, and associations; and access to marketing) performed adequately and did not require improvements in any of the three cooperatives. On the other hand, five factors need improvement: leisure infrastructure; road infrastructure; social valorization; rural credit and public policies; and price, according to the grain cooperative; leisure infrastructure, road infrastructure, social valorization; and price, according to the dairy cooperative; and social valorization and price, according to meat cooperative. We concluded that a significant part of the factors (80 %) performed in an adequate way directly or indirectly in the three cooperatives. The youth of the three cooperatives indicated social valorization and price among the factors that need improvement. Thus, we highlight that agricultural cooperatives should seek to understand their role in the face of decision-making factors that need improvement and seek to improve them.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100187"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47941852","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}

{"title":"Formal and informal governance mechanisms of machinery cooperatives: The case of Quebec","authors":"D. Diakité ,&nbsp;A. Royer ,&nbsp;D. Rousselière ,&nbsp;L.D. Tamini","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100181","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100181","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although embedded in a regulatory framework, studies suggest the important role of informal (relational) mechanisms in agricultural cooperatives, mostly viewed as complements to formal mechanisms. However, the interaction between these two mechanisms remains unclear. To improve our understanding of this interaction, we investigate governance mechanisms in agricultural machinery cooperatives, especially the “Coopératives d′Utilisation de Matériel Agricole” (CUMA). Machinery cooperatives allow producers to share machinery within a legally defined structure, but the traits of these cooperatives cause to rely heavily on informal mechanisms. This paper analyses how the interaction between formal and informal mechanisms minimizes coordination and motivation problems. Based on a multiple case study approach, the paper shows that the use of informal mechanisms results from the failure of formal mechanisms to minimize opportunism among members. As a result, CUMA members will primarily resort to informal mechanisms, using formal mechanisms as a complement when needed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100181"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54766082","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}

{"title":"Can cooperative business models solve horizontal and vertical coordination challenges? A case study in the Australian pineapple industry","authors":"John Rolfe,&nbsp;Delwar Akbar,&nbsp;Azad Rahman,&nbsp;Darshana Rajapaksa","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100184","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100184","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>For agricultural products, cooperative systems are an alternative to independent business arrangements that can be used to solve the simultaneous need to coordinate supply from disaggregated producers and improve efficiencies. This study analyses how a hybrid cooperative business model can solve horizontal and vertical coordination challenges, drawing on an analysis of a pineapple cooperative business, Tropical Pines, in Queensland. Semi-structured interviews with a cross section of key stakeholders and thematic content analysis are used to identify key factors. Leadership, information sharing, trust, market forecasting, risk sharing, accountability, and provision of agronomic and other support to growers are identified as key factors that distinguish this cooperative hybrid model from more standard business models. Achieving both horizontal and vertical integration maximises resource utilisation and returns to growers, as well as reducing market uncertainty and maximizing product consistency. However, there are also higher costs involved with hybrid models, particularly the focus on communication and engagement required to maintain the trust of growers. These costs increase with the size and complexity of the cooperative, which creates a tension because size and scale are often required to generate the efficiencies and market power necessary to deliver benefits.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100184"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X22000209/pdfft?md5=9152f4915c31a00e7741b7b5532d2c44&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X22000209-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54766153","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}