Confronting three revolutions: Western European consumer co-operatives and their divergent development, 1950–2008

Ekberg, Espen

doi:10.1080/00076791.2012.706894

Cited by 22 publications

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“…ACs have contributed more to social and environmental performance than to economic performance comparing to investor-owned firms (Balnave andPatmore 2012, Wynne-Jones 2017). Western ACs are assumed to stimulate local economic growth, local employment, local infrastructure, geographic consumption patterns, service delivery, local democracy, quality of life and environmental sustainability (Lorendahl 1996, Ekberg 2012, Kasabov 2016. For example, co-operatives can develop local agri-food networks by integrating new members with non-agricultural profiles to promote sustainable agricultural production (Ortiz-Miranda, Moreno-Pérez et al 2010).…”

Section: Cluster 1 (Orange): Social and Environmental Performance Of Co-operativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Co-operatives in the western world: A bibliometric analysis

Luo

Han

Jia

et al. 2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Since the establishment of one of the early co-operatives in Western Europe in the 1800s, co-operatives in the Western world have developed exponentially and played essential roles in improving agricultural sustainability. Much research has been carried out on this topic; however, to date, there is no systematic review of this body of the literature. To fill this gap, this paper is designed to identify the main research themes regarding agricultural co-operatives in western countries, and subsequently shed light on avenues for future research in this field. Based on a systematic literature review with bibliometric techniques including citation and co-citation analyses, this study identifies six predominant themes (the social and environmental performance of cooperatives, the governance structures and performance of co-operatives, trust and commitment in co-operatives, comparisons between co-operatives and investor-owned firms (IOFs), financing problems in co-operatives, and women co-operatives) of debates on western co-operatives. Recommendations for future research are finally provided.

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Section: Cluster 1 (Orange): Social and Environmental Performance Of Co-operativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Co-operatives in the western world: A bibliometric analysis

Luo

Han

Jia

et al. 2020

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…Since energy cooperatives in Germany frequently face legislative changes that require flexibility and adaptation, the impact of conflict on such organizations as a whole can be seen as decisive for their future. This assumption is supported by cooperative scholars, who regard the flexibility and adaptability of cooperatives as central for their survival in a constantly changing economic and political environment [100][101][102].…”

Section: Conflict In Energy Cooperativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Renewable energy cooperatives as gatekeepers or facilitators? Recent developments in Germany and a multidisciplinary research agenda

Yildiz

Rommel

Debor

et al. 2015

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…The challenges faced by FDB/COOP in the face of changing context and increased competition, is not a uniquely Danish story. Studies have found somewhat similar trajectories in other Western European co-operative organizations (Ekberg, 2012). However, we argue that the case of COOP/FDB, due to its establishment of a corporate heritage brand based on powerful, historical associations between corporate heritage and national identity, provides useful insights that may contribute to the sub-field of corporate heritage branding.…”

Section: Phase 3: Globalization and Competitionmentioning

confidence: 55%