The role and characteristics of social entrepreneurs in contemporary rural cooperative development in China: case studies of rural social entrepreneurship

Hong, Lan; Zhu, Ying; Ness, David; Xing, Ke; Schneider, Kris

doi:10.1080/13602381.2014.929300

Cited by 61 publications

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“…Dentro del campo del emprendimiento ha venido tomando fuerza el denominado emprendimiento social, que según Lan, Zhu, Ness, Xing y Schneider (2014), en los últimos años ha conducido a cambios importantes en las recién creadas cooperativas rurales de China, las cuales son administradas por los líderes de la comunidad y demás personas con iniciativa empresarial y valores básicos compartidos que llevan el mensaje de la prosperidad a los habitantes del pueblo, pero no necesariamente en función de obtener beneficios económicos, sino de liderar procesos sociales que permitan satisfacer las demandas y necesidades de una parte de la población. Estas personas dirigen las comunidades rurales con una clara misión social a través del desarrollo de cooperativas como empresas de propiedad colectiva de los aldeanos.…”

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Factores distintivos de emprendimiento que propiciaron el éxito: casos de estudio en empresarios de Ibagué, Tolima

Alviz¹,

Guerrero²

2024

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Este artículo explora la relación entre los principales rasgos distintivos de los emprendedores y la incidencia en su perdurabilidad empresarial. Se estudiaron 10 casos de emprendedores de Ibagué, bajo dos enfoques: un análisis cualitativo soportado en entrevistas estructuradas a empresarios, y el cuantitativo sustentado en los resultados de la encuesta a empleados y clientes. El estudio fue realizado por los grupos de Investigación GIMN y Gideut de la Universidad del Tolima, institución que lo nancia. Los rasgos de mayor trascendencia que tienen los empresarios y que les han permiti- do posicionar sus organizaciones en la región son: el nivel de formación, el liderazgo que han impartido, el amor por el trabajo, inversión tanto en infraestructura como en personal y, nalmente, la atención al cliente.

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Factores distintivos de emprendimiento que propiciaron el éxito: casos de estudio en empresarios de Ibagué, Tolima

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2024

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“…Several studies reported that the demise of cooperatives was due predominantly to the absence of good supervision, poor financial management, lack of social cohesion and poor leadership (e.g. Lan et al (2014) argue that cooperatives in rural areas can operate as social enterprises because their main agenda is to achieve development that is sustainable and has a communitarian agenda. Many cooperatives which were established using western management models did not recognise or accommodate local socio-economic, political and cultural factors and therefore encountered problems as indigenous structures, practices and values undermined their success Conroy, 2016).…”

Section: Coffee Cooperatives In Pngmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…FDDE allowed smallholders to collectively source services from development partners and this assisted in minimising marketing challenges for the farmers (CIC, 2008). Lan et al (2014) argue that cooperatives in rural areas can operate as social enterprises because their main agenda is to achieve development that is sustainable and has a communitarian agenda. The potential remains for chain leaders and lead partners to collaborate with grower groups and to assist them to improve governance systems to make them more sustainable (Murray-Prior, 2008;Murray-Prior et al, 2008).…”

Section: Coffee Cooperatives In Pngmentioning

confidence: 99%

Forging alliances: Coffee grower and chain leader partnerships to improve productivity and coffee quality in Papua New Guinea

Sengere¹,

Curry

Koczberski

2019

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Partnership discourse is making advances in development dialogue as a means to improve the livelihoods of the agrarian populace. In Papua New Guinea, productive partnerships flourished during the early growth of the coffee industry. After the demise of plantations and rural mills in the lead up to political independence, the support services that plantations used to provide to smallholders, including centralised processing, have ceased as have price incentives for quality. Consequently, smallholders began to produce coffee of inconsistent quality and their productivity has also declined. However, coffee value chain partnerships have the potential to reverse the present decline of coffee production and increase the productivity of coffee farmers and address the inconsistency and the supply of low-grade coffee. Using two case studies of farmer cooperatives, we investigate collective action and also assess partnerships among present value chain actors. The case studies were supported with interviews of value chain actors to gain further insights into partnerships with farmer groups. This paper illustrates that through collective action and partnerships, coffee farmers can improve coffee production and quality, enhance governance systems in grower groups, attract community development services and diversify into other entrepreneurial activities.

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“…Agricultural production, rural areas, and farmers are three key aspects of agriculture related to sustainable economic and social development in China. Rural development in China has gradually attracted interest in academic circles, which mainly focus on rural industry (Beck, Lu, and Yang ; Lan et al ; Shen ; Sun and Wang ; Xu and Tan ; Yuan, Wei, and Chen ; Zhao, Finlay, and Kneafsey ), rural land and housing (Li, Chen, Wang, and Liu, ; Li et al ; Liu, Spaargaren et al ; Liu et al ; Long and Li ; Tang, Mason, and Sun ; Tang, Mason, and Wang ; Wang, Zhang, and Cheong ; Wang et al ; Xi et al ; Xu, Tang, and Chan ; Zhu et al ), rural environments and energy use (Liu, Wang, and Mol ; Wu et al ), population change (Liu, Xie et al ; van der Ploeg, Ye, and Pan ; Zhang et al ), rural development patterns (Hao et al ; Li, Long, and Liu ; Liu, Lu, and Chen ; Long, Zou, and Liu ), and participatory political structures (Luo and Liu ). However, the literature so far has paid insufficient attention to the analysis of actors in rural development.…”

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Social Network Analysis of Actors in Rural Development: A Case Study of Yanhe Village, Hubei Province, China

Xu¹,

Wang²,

Wu³

et al. 2017

Growth and Change

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Agricultural production, rural areas, and farmers are three key aspects of agriculture related to sustainable economic and social development in China. Rural development is a process of multi‐participation, which involves actors from governments, village committees, villagers, rural economic cooperatives, enterprises, financing institutions, and non‐government organizations (NGOs). Based on social network analysis (SNA), this article analyzes the social network structures and characteristics of various actors in different stages of rural development in Yanhe village, Hubei Province, China. The results show that both the village committee and villagers have great influence on rural development; NGOs are the leaders of rural environmental improvement; village cooperatives are the promoters of rural economic development; enterprises are the accelerators of rural construction and development. The study outlines the rural development model in Yanhe village where the village committee is the leader and multiple forms of participation and cooperation are present; there are excellent partnerships and communication mechanisms among the participants. The endogenous and sustainable development model identified from Yanhe village is valuable for other villages in China to adopt.

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The role and characteristics of social entrepreneurs in contemporary rural cooperative development in China: case studies of rural social entrepreneurship

Cited by 61 publications

References 21 publications

Factores distintivos de emprendimiento que propiciaron el éxito: casos de estudio en empresarios de Ibagué, Tolima

Factores distintivos de emprendimiento que propiciaron el éxito: casos de estudio en empresarios de Ibagué, Tolima

Forging alliances: Coffee grower and chain leader partnerships to improve productivity and coffee quality in Papua New Guinea

Social Network Analysis of Actors in Rural Development: A Case Study of Yanhe Village, Hubei Province, China

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