Cooperative case studies from three countries: Is membership a problem or a solution in the 21st century?

Zsuzsanna Kispál-Vitai (), Yann Regnard (), Klara Kövesi () and Claude-André Guillotte ()
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Zsuzsanna Kispál-Vitai: Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pécs, Hungary
Yann Regnard: Laboratoire d’Economie et de Gestion de l’Ouest, University of Western Brittany, France
Klara Kövesi: Department of Human and Social Sciences, ENSTA Bretagne, France
Claude-André Guillotte: Institut de recherche et d’éducation pour les coopératives et les mutuelles (IRECUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

Society and Economy, 2019, vol. 41, issue 4, 467-485

Abstract: The operations of the cooperative organization are an actively debated issue. The efficiency and viability of this organizational form still pose many unanswered questions. The literature is not unequivocal in evaluating the merits and drawbacks of this organization. This article provides empirical evidence from research about cooperatives covering three countries (Canada, France and Hungary) and tests theoretical hypotheses in the framework of organizational economics and cooperative theory. The findings point towards the positive influence of the social environment and cooperative values on organizational choice. The results prove the continued relevance of this type of organization in the 21st century in agriculture in all three researched countries.

Keywords: cooperatives; case study research; social influence; values (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L0 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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