The Resilience of the Cooperative Form: Cooperative Beehiving by Swedish Cooperatives

Hakelius, Karin; Karantininis, Kostas; Li, Feng

doi:10.1007/978-3-7908-2867-2_8

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“…In 2013, the number of cooperatives in all agricultural industries had fallen to about 20 (Hakelius, 2018). Very few cooperatives were newly established during this period (Hakelius, Karantininis, & Feng, 2013).…”

Section: Swedish Agriculture 1993–2013mentioning

confidence: 99%

Social networks and member participation in cooperative governance

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This study explored the relations between the farmer‐members' social networks and their interest in cooperative governance, specifically their willingness to be elected representatives. Several researchers assert that member interest in cooperative governance is related to social factors. The empirical basis consists of surveys of random samples of Swedish farmers conducted in 1993, 2003, and 2013. The results indicate a strong relationship between the social networks and the farmers' propensity to participate in cooperative governance. This relationship has persisted even though the investigated 20‐year period was very turbulent for Swedish agriculture. Over time, members have become more willing to be elected when they receive backing from their social networks, with personal networks being more important than professional networks. The professional networks are related only to the level of aspiration and not actual participation in governance. [EconLit Citations: D73, P13, Q13].

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Section: Swedish Agriculture 1993–2013mentioning

confidence: 99%

Social networks and member participation in cooperative governance

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“…Founders may have possessed relatively homogeneous interests; however, a natural exodus of founding members occurs [46,[51][52][53]. Replacement entrants may introduce heterogeneity in preferences.…”

Section: Diachronic Increases In Heterogeneitymentioning

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A Life Cycle Explanation of Cooperative Longevity

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2018

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A micro analytical, interdisciplinary informed framework is presented to postulate why and how some cooperatives endure for long periods of time. This five-phase framework was developed through an extended research process employing inductive and deductive approaches. The paper concludes that cooperative longevity is associated with multiple factors, primarily among them, ability to adapt and ameliorate frictions and subgroup factions. This adaptability leads to multi "life cycles". Cooperative multi life cycle regeneration is facilitated by a learned and embedded process called "cooperative genius".

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“…In other contexts, "cooperative beehiving" has been observed. Hakelius et al (2013) characterized this process as the phenomenon of members who de-associate themselves from large cooperatives and form smaller entities. These new dynamics of spatial autocorrelation can be addressed using smooth terms for latitude and longitude (Fahrmeir and Kneib, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%