Jason R.V. Franken , Michael L. Cook , Joost M.E. Pennings
{"title":"Producer risk aversion and participation in agricultural cooperatives","authors":"Jason R.V. Franken , Michael L. Cook , Joost M.E. Pennings","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100171","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100171","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Little attention is given to cooperatives’ role in producer risk management. We review literature and theory in development of a hypothesized positive relationship between producers’ risk aversion and usage of cooperatives. We test the hypothesis using a sample of crop and hog producers and find evidence that cooperative membership and the percentage of commodity sold through cooperatives are positively related to producers’ risk aversion. These relationships are relevant for decision makers who determine internal cooperative member policies, debt providers to cooperative members, and lenders to cooperatives, in addition to state and national farm policy regulators, legislators, staffers, and advisors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100171"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54765778","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":"Youth perceptions of, and willingness to join Irish dairy cooperatives and their governance","authors":"Lungelo Cele","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Given the aging population of Irish dairy farmers, the future success of dairy cooperatives cannot be guaranteed without meaningful youth membership or share ownership. This study aimed to determine the factors that influenced the decision to own shares, the willingness of young people to purchase shares, and to join boards in Irish dairy cooperatives. The sample size consisted of 255 randomly selected young people below 40 years from Ireland. The binary logit regression model was used to run three regressions. The findings revealed that the majority of the young people were willing to join the cooperative and its board. The young people perceived cooperatives as adding value to farmers’ livelihoods and considered farmer control, fair price on products, and good governance as the key cooperative attributes. Factors such as age and involvement in cooperatives had a positive impact or were more likely to influence current share ownership. Involvement or exposure to cooperative operations and having parents in cooperatives increased the likelihood of young people’s willingness to buy shares in the future. The perceived openness of agricultural boards, being a graduate, and interest in attending board information sessions, increased the likelihood of young people’s willingness to join the board.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X22000167/pdfft?md5=52ed0e7beaa7f159bfc931a95a625211&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X22000167-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54766024","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}
Shahid Ghauri , Elizabeth L. Jackson , Dora Marinova , Hossein Mohammadi
{"title":"Agricultural co-operatives for managing natural capital to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals 12–15: A conceptual framework","authors":"Shahid Ghauri , Elizabeth L. Jackson , Dora Marinova , Hossein Mohammadi","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100188","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100188","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Natural capital is becoming an important topic for global biodiversity and sovereign risk of nations for their food supply chains which can be linked to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 12–15. In this paper we explored the literature to develop a conceptual framework to determine how primary industry co-operatives (such as in agriculture and aquaculture) can play a role in managing natural capital. The conceptual framework developed shows that members of co-operatives have roles to act within their organisation that utilise natural capital. Acting out these roles may see the co-operative become pro-active in governing its natural capital based on economic and social goals which are guided by the co-operative principles and values. Working with the financial services sector, co-operatives would be able to engage with their members to educate and share knowledge on strategies to manage and/or mitigate the risk of natural capital depletion. This can be managed through farm management techniques and financial instruments such as credit and insurance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100188"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42117335","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":"What roles do SME members have in cooperatives?","authors":"Shahid Ghauri , Tim Mazzarol , Geoffrey N. Soutar","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100172","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100172","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>What makes the cooperative business model unique is the various roles members have. We interviewed executives and members of four large Australian cooperatives to determine what these roles were. Our results show differences in terminologies and a conflation of member roles relating to patronage, ownership, investment, and community membership. We introduced the “Four Hats” (4Hs) framework suggested by Mamouni Limnios et al. (2018), which describes the distinct roles of patron, investor, owner, and community member. All interviewees responded positively to these roles. By isolating these specific roles, potential strategies to activate these roles can be developed to improve participation. Executives rated in order of importance, the patron, owner, community member and investor roles. Members rated in order of importance, the owner, investor, patron and community member roles.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100172"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54765819","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":"The destiny of kibbutz industry in Israel: From family businesses to cash mergers","authors":"Yuval Achouch","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100179","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100179","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In 2000, the list of the Israeli Kibbutz Industry Association included 346 factories. In 2017, only 203 of those plants still appeared on the list, most of the others were sold. This paper propounds a theory that explains these facts from a kibbutz perspective. The paper rests on a meta-analysis of three case studies of kibbutz enterprises conducted between 2009 and 2015, and other sources of data. The main claim is that kibbutz factories previously operated as family businesses; but in recent decades, they have experienced a process of \"de-familiarization\", described in this paper, that often led to their sale. No literature relates to this dramatic recent development in kibbutz industry yet. In addition, this study sheds some light on change processes which may affect ownership in family business.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100179"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54765965","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}
Deivid Ilecki Forgiarini , Alexandre Garcia , Cinara Neumann Alves , Paulo Cassanego Jr
{"title":"Coop innovation framework: An artifact for innovation in Brazilian cooperatives","authors":"Deivid Ilecki Forgiarini , Alexandre Garcia , Cinara Neumann Alves , Paulo Cassanego Jr","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100185","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Purpose</h3><p>The objective of this paper is to propose a framework on innovation management specific to cooperatives.</p></div><div><h3>Theoretical framework</h3><p>The Coop Innovation Framework was built, a synergistic system based on the culture of cooperation and cooperativism.</p></div><div><h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3><p>This paper used Design Science <em>Research</em> in a Brazilian cooperative to develop a framework.</p></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><p>Some points of the framework of commercial companies were removed and others specific to cooperatives introduced.</p></div><div><h3>Research, practical & social implications</h3><p></p><ul><li><span>1.</span><span><p><em>Theoretical implications:</em> Begins the study of innovation in cooperatives, considering cooperativism as a theoretical basis, to consider the peculiarities of cooperatives in their form and organizational objective.</p></span></li><li><span>2.</span><span><p><em>Practical Implications:</em> The paper aims to provide the cooperative manager with a method of managing innovation in cooperatives, freeing them from using methods of market companies.</p></span></li><li><span>3.</span><span><p><em>Social Implications:</em> It can contribute to the perennity of the cooperative and thus contribute to the development of the region.</p></span></li></ul></div><div><h3>Originality/value</h3><p>It contributes to the development of innovation management studies specifically in cooperatives.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 2","pages":"Article 100185"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137428160","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":"Understanding co-operative identity through relationality","authors":"Noreen Byrne","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100169","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100169","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The kernel of co-operative identity is the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of social and economic integration in co-operatives. This paper discusses the limitations of economic and sociological theoretical frameworks in capturing the integrative and relational nature of co-operative identity. The author outlines how relational theory with its focus on emergence and its ability for integration may be a better fit with co-operative practice and hence the articulation of co-operative identity and theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100169"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X22000052/pdfft?md5=7ab78d988116a1e8681f33c740d1e832&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X22000052-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48245091","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":"Does creating perceived co-operative member value pay off? An empirical study in the German co-operative banking context","authors":"Svenja Damberg","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100170","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100170","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The relevance of co-operative values and principles has long been discussed in co-operative literature. Building on a structured literature review and expert interviews, I develop a measure of perceived co-operative member value. Using a multivariate data analysis method, I establish a structural path model that incorporates this new measure. In a sample of 390 members of German co-operative banks, perceived co-operative member value is found to be an important predictor of sustainable satisfaction, next to corporate reputation. The study’s main contributions are twofold: First, I develop an understanding of perceived co-operative member value building upon relevant literature and expert interviews. Second, I enhance the existing knowledge on co-operative principle and value’s importance by situating it in the broader context of co-operative members’ sustainable satisfaction, thereby combining it with marketing literature. In conclusion, I indicate how these contributions have implications for both co-operative theory and practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100170"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48603372","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":"Examining the investment operations as a derived core function of mutual insurance companies: Research agenda and guide","authors":"Antti Talonen , Jukka Mähönen , W. Jean Kwon","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100168","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100168","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In addition to their core of risk financing services for individuals and organizations, insurers act as significant institutional investors. Notwithstanding, research on mutuals has thus far focused more on the insuring side of operations and investigations of the investment operations have remained limited. This article aims to outline a future research agenda for studying mutuals as institutional investors. This is achieved by conceptually discussing two themes – (1) mutual insurers’ investment behaviours (i.e., how mutuals invest) and (2) the mechanisms that shape the behaviors (i.e., why mutuals invest the way they do). The two main themes are further divided into five sub-themes that, on the one hand, include factual investment allocations and targets as well as investment strategies and disclosures. Mechanism-related sub-themes, on the other hand, contain managerial influence, customer-owner influence, and societal factors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100168"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49107373","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":"Co-operative identity and the dual nature: From paradox to complementarities","authors":"Sonja Novkovic , Anu Puusa , Karen Miner","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2021.100162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2021.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Multiple roles and objectives are naturally inherent in the co-op idea, captured by the Statement on the Co-operative Identity (ICA, 1995) and thus in co-operative enterprises’ practices. This complex nature derived from the co-operative mission has been conceptualized as the dual nature, which is in the DNA of all co-operatives. However, the concept is somewhat ambiguous and a comprehensive theoretical framework is missing. Prior research has approached duality at different, and not clearly delineated levels, either as individual member motivations, organizational characteristics, or community impact, discussed in this paper. Further, we examine duality and paradox framings in co-operative enterprise research to underscore complementary features that define co-operative enterprise, and contribute an elaboration on the associative practices at the heart of these debates. Associationalism is described in this paper as the common action and responsibilities of membership regarding collective contributions, ownership, benefit, decisionmaking and control. Further, we extend the argument that co-operatives have the strongest impact when they acknowledge and take advantage of their unique organizational values and characteristics, informed by their associative foundations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":"10 1","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213297X21000343/pdfft?md5=d198b7a5cd06fbd6f114bb147c7639f6&pid=1-s2.0-S2213297X21000343-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136847445","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}