The Service Supply Effect of Cooperatives under Economic Transformation: A Demand-Supply Perspective

Wu, Xiangyu; Ding, Yong

doi:10.3390/su10093075

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“…Cooperatives have gained prominent attention in recent years as strategic elements to achieve sustainable economic development and greater social cohesion [1]. The legal definition of a cooperative is "mutual aid economic organizations joined voluntarily and managed in a democratic manner by the producers and operators of the same kind of farm products, or by the providers or users of services for the same kind of agricultural production and operation" [2].…”

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The Stakeholder Salience Model Revisited: Evidence from Agri-Food Cooperatives in Spain

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In recent decades, the importance of cooperatives in agri-food markets has been evident. Specifically, in Spain they represent a very important part of the agri-food industry. However, there is no significant evidence of substantial differences in their management, different from the general business case. The main objective of this study is to examine how a certain organizational context influences manager decisions and perceptions. The purpose is studying whether this influence causes changes to the main conclusions of the stakeholder salience original model. The working methodology consists of carrying out an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis (from the data of 352 agri-food cooperatives in Spain) in order to test the psychometric properties of measurement scales, and the hypothesized relationships between attributes and stakeholder salience results are examined using structural equation modeling. Results show that the measurement of the stakeholder salience varies in agri-food cooperatives. The contributions of this study are to confirm that: (1) in agri-food cooperatives legitimacy is the first measurement of stakeholder salience, unlike the general business case where that is power; (2) the attribute of urgency remains unchanged from the proposed model; and (3) add to the original model the attribute of durability because of the permanence of the interest of stakeholders in agri-food cooperatives.

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“…On the contrary, the members will choose not to use cooperatives’ sales service. Furthermore, this study discusses the factors influencing members’ utilization level of cooperatives’ sales service from two aspects of demand and supply based on the analysis framework of Wu and Ding [ 10 ].…”

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“…According to the official data of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, more than 2259000 cooperatives had been registered by LPRCFPC at the end of April 2021, about 86 times that of 2007, helping nearly half of the country's farmers, and with an average of more than 3 cooperatives in each village. At the same time, the service types of cooperatives are increasingly diversified, gradually providing farmers with agricultural sales, materials, capital, technology, information, and other services [9][10][11][12].…”

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Has the agricultural cooperatives served each member fairly? A new perspective based on utilization level of member services

Liu,

Chen,

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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With the rapid increase of the number of agricultural cooperatives in China, the problem of fake cooperatives has become more and more serious. The core problem is that some members do not use cooperative services, and elite capture phenomenon appears in the organization. Since services are one of the most important public goods attributes of cooperatives, it is important to ensure that more members use them. What are the factors that affect members’ utilization level of cooperative services? Existing research does not provide a comprehensive answer. Based on the micro-survey data of 74 citrus cooperatives and 524 citrus members in China, the article found out that 50.9% of the members did not use any services provided by cooperatives, and only 20.04% of the members used cooperatives’ sales services. So, this study empirically analyzes the factors that influence the use of cooperatives’ services by puns model. The results show that quality of service, service convenience and mountain terrain promote the use of cooperative sales services for members. In addition, cooperative knowledge, planting area, surplus distribution, quality of service, and service convenience significantly increased the utilization leve of cooperative sales services by members. Finally, the study puts forward some suggestions, such as propagating cooperative sales service, improving the quality of cooperative sales service, perfecting cooperative distribution system.

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“…It is a logical framework used for analyzing the governance of public affairs. This framework applies interdisciplinary knowledge from ecology, economics, sociology, and political science to the analysis of the complex relationship between social systems and ecosystems, and it provides a framework and interdisciplinary common language to describe and explain the complex relationships between social systems and ecosystems, as well as between subsystems within social systems [11]. The framework has a two-level structure.…”

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Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on Farmers’ Collective Action: A Study Based on the Socio-Ecological System Framework

Zhu,

Wang

2024

Agriculture

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Agricultural cooperatives greatly influence agricultural and rural modernization in China. Based on 381 farmer samples in the arid Tarim River Basin, this empirical study aimed to construct an index system for the exploration of the relationship between cooperatives and farmers’ collective action by using the Socio-Ecological System framework. The results showed that agricultural cooperatives helped to empower farmers to act collectively. Agricultural cooperatives, with the mechanisms of collective decision making, institutional constraints, and internal supervision, could realize the integration of resources required for farmers’ collective action and promote the sharing of risks and benefits. By providing financing support and a platform for resource integration, cooperatives could reduce constrains induced by economic difference among farmers; enhance village leadership, organization, and coordination; and promote the accumulation of social capital and villagers’ sense of identity with the village. Particularly, cooperatives could support farmers to adopt water-saving irrigation technologies and reduce their over-dependence on chemical pesticides and fertilizers, thus promoting farmers’ collective action. Therefore, the development of agricultural cooperatives will help enhance farmers’ collective action, promote the modernization of rural governance, and realize rural revitalization.

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The Service Supply Effect of Cooperatives under Economic Transformation: A Demand-Supply Perspective

Cited by 9 publications

References 51 publications

The Stakeholder Salience Model Revisited: Evidence from Agri-Food Cooperatives in Spain

The Stakeholder Salience Model Revisited: Evidence from Agri-Food Cooperatives in Spain

Has the agricultural cooperatives served each member fairly? A new perspective based on utilization level of member services

Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on Farmers’ Collective Action: A Study Based on the Socio-Ecological System Framework

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