Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

1925 - 2025

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Volume 85, issue 4, 2014

Farmers' Cooperatives in the Eu: Policies, Strategies, and Organization pp. 497-508

Jos Bijman and Constantine Iliopoulos

Farmers' Cooperatives in Europe: Social and Historical Determinants of Cooperative Membership in Agriculture pp. 509-530

Caroline Gijselinck and Matthias Bussels

Dp Policy Measures Impact the Position and Performance of Farmers' Cooperatives in the EU? pp. 531-553

Jan Brusselaers, Krijn Poppe and Tomas Garcia Azcarate

Post Socialist Farmers' Cooperatives in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 555-577

Konrad Hagedorn

Position and Performance of Farmer Cooperatives in the Food supply Chain of the EU-27 pp. 579-595

Julia Höhler and Rainer Kuhl

Using the Regional Advantage: French Agricultural Cooperatives' Economic and Governance Tool pp. 597-615

Maryline Filippi

Path to Cooperative Survival: Structure, Strategy and Regeneration of Fruit and Vegetables Cooperative in almeria and Valencia, Spain pp. 617-639

Cynthia Giagnocavo, Silvia Gerez and Vanessa Campos-Climent

Shifting Control? The Change of Internal Governance in Agricultural Cooperatives in the EU pp. 641-661

Jos Bijman, Markus Hanisch and Ger Sangen

Mandatory Cooperative and the Free Rider Problem: the Case of Santo Wines in Santorini, Greece pp. 663-681

Constantine Iliopoulos and Irini Theodorakopoulou

Volume 85, issue 3, 2014

COMMUNITY AND COOPERATION: THE EVOLUTION OF COOPERATIVES TOWARDS NEW MODELS OF CITIZENS' DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES PROVISION pp. 327-352

Pier Angelo Mori

ENRICHING WORK ENVIRONMENT IN THE WELFARE SERVICE SECTOR: THE CASE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES IN SWEDISH CHILDCARE pp. 353-370

Victor Pestoff and Johan Vamstad

DOES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AFFECT FIRM PERFORMANCE OF CONSUMER CO-OPERATIVES? THE CASE OF ICOOP KOREA pp. 371-386

Eunju Choi, Woosuk Choi, Seungkwon Jang and Sangsun Park

ANTECEDENTS TO MARKET ORIENTATION IN THE WORKER COOPERATIVE ORGANIZATION: THE MONDRAGON GROUP pp. 387-408

Izaskun Agirre, Pedro Reinares and Amaia Agirre

THE DECISION TO DEMUTUALIZE: AN EXPLORATION OF THE DRIVERS OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE WITHIN THE AUSTRALIAN LIFE INSURANCE MARKET pp. 409-425

M.J. Keneley

GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT THROUGH COLLECTIVE PARTICIPATION: WHY SOME INSTITUTIONS SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL? pp. 427-452

Ram Ranjan

THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN MALAYSIA ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES pp. 453-473

Amiruddin BIN Muhamed, Rebecca Strätling and Aly Salama

THE DEMAND FOR SCHOOL MEAL SERVICES BY SWISS HOUSEHOLDS pp. 475-495

Massimo Filippini, Giuliano Masiero and Diego Medici

Volume 85, issue 2, 2014

NOUVEL ESSOR DES FONDATIONS AU QUÉBEC ET AU CANADA: POUR UNE ANALYSE SOCIOPOLITIQUE FONDÉE SUR LE CONCEPT D'ÉCONOMIE PLURIELLE pp. 165-191

Patricia Gazzoli, Christian Jetté, Valérie Chamberland, Lucie Dumais and Yves Vaillancourt

THE RELEVANCE OF THE COOPERATIVE MODEL IN THE FIELD OF RENEWABLE ENERGY pp. 193-212

Benjamin Huybrechts and Sybille Mertens

SOCIAL COOPERATIVES IN ITALY: ECONOMIC ANTECEDENTS AND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION pp. 213-231

Antonio Picciotti, Andrea Bernardoni, Massimo Cossignani and Luca Ferrucci

TRANSACTION COSTS COMPARISON BETWEEN COOPERATIVES AND CONVENTIONAL APPLE PRODUCERS: A CASE STUDY OF NORTHWESTERN CHINA pp. 233-255

Wang Lijia and Huo Xuexi

IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES ON SMALLHOLDERS’ TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM ETHIOPIA pp. 257-286

Gashaw Abate, Gian Nicola Francesconi and Kindie Getnet

CREDIT UNIONS AS CONDUITS FOR MICROFINANCE DELIVERY IN CAMEROON pp. 287-304

Nathanael Ojong

REGULATION AND JOB CREATION: AN ANALYSIS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES pp. 305-325

Sumit K Majumdar

Volume 85, issue 1, 2014

LOCAL MIXED COMPANIES: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE pp. 1-9

Nuno da Cruz, Rc Marques, A. Marra and C. Pozzi

EXPLAINING PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROVISION: THE EMERGENCE OF MIXED OWNERSHIP WATER FIRMS IN ITALY (1994–2009) pp. 11-30

A. Asquer

INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND PARTIAL PRIVATIZATIONS: POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS pp. 31-52

A. Marra and V. Carlei

THE THEORY AND EVIDENCE PERTAINING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT MIXED ENTERPRISES pp. 53-86

Aidan Vining, Anthony Boardman and Mark A. Moore

FINANCIAL GAINS AND VALUE LOSS? THE IMPACTS OF LOCAL MIXED COMPANIES pp. 87-102

B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Asbjørn Røiseland

EFFICIENT PUBLIC-PRIVATE CAPITAL STRUCTURES pp. 103-126

Marian Moszoro

HYBRID FIRMS AND TRANSIT DELIVERY: THE CASE OF BERLIN pp. 127-146

Douglas Swarts and Mildred E. Warner

PUBLIC OWNER WITH BUSINESS DELIVERY MODE IN CHINA: CASE STUDY OF THE SHANGHAI PUBLIC BUS SYSTEM pp. 147-164

Huanming Wang, Mildred E. Warner, Yuanhong Tian and Dajian Zhu

Volume 84, issue 4, 2013

PRIVATIZATION AND THE LABOUR GOVERNMENTS 1997–2010 pp. 343-360

David Parker

EFFICIENCY AND PRICES OF REGULATION-EXEMPT CONSUMER-OWNED NATURAL MONOPOLIES: A FIRST LOOK AT ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTORS IN NEW ZEALAND pp. 361-381

Fatih Cemil Ozbugday and Paul H. L. Nillesen

COOPERATIVE FIRMS AND THE CRISIS: EVIDENCE FROM SOME ITALIAN MIXED OLIGOPOLIES pp. 383-397

Flavio Delbono and Carlo Reggiani

MEASURING THE EFFICIENCY OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA'S MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND ITS DRIVERS pp. 399-422

Richard Senami Segun Kemonou and M. Anjugam

THE BLACK SOCIAL ECONOMY: PERSEVERANCE OF BANKER LADIES IN THE SLUMS pp. 423-442

Caroline SHENAZ Hossein

DRIVERS OF PRO-ACTIVE MEMBER PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL pp. 443-468

Andrei Cechin, Jos Bijman, Stefano Pascucci, Decio Zylbersztajn and Onno Omta

Volume 84, issue 3, 2013

PUBLIC POLICY SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: AN ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMICS APPROACH pp. 241-252

Constantine Iliopoulos

RAISING CAPITAL BY ISSUING TRANSFERABLE MEMBERSHIP IN A WORKER COOPERATIVE pp. 253-266

Kazuhiko Mikami

LES DÉTERMINANTS DE LA PERFORMANCE DE REMBOURSEMENT DES MICROCRÉDITS EN TUNISIE pp. 267-287

Awatef Elloumi and Aïda Kammoun

MUTUAL AND SOCIAL EFFICIENCY OF ITALIAN CO-OPERATIVE BANKS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS pp. 289-308

Giacomo Manetti and Luca Bagnoli

SPECTRUM LICENSING AND FLEXIBLE BEAUTY CONTEST DESIGNS pp. 309-321

Gary Madden, Erik Bohlin and Thien Tran

REGULATIONS AND STRATEGY: EVIDENCE ON ADVERTISING pp. 323-341

Sumit K Majumdar

Volume 84, issue 2, 2013

The Postal Sector as a Vector of Financial Inclusion pp. 119-137

G. d'Alcantara and Axel Gautier

The Impact of Price Regulation on the Cost of Capital pp. 139-158

Fernando Camacho and Flavio Menezes

Regulations and Technology Diffusion: Cross Subsidies and Digital Infrastructure Creation pp. 159-178

Sumit K Majumdar and Hsihui Chang

Les ambiguïtés du commerce équitable: construire un marché juste ou juste construire un marché? pp. 179-194

Cyrille Ferraton and Benoît Prévost

Les finances solidaires et l'économie sociale en roumanie: une réponse de «proximités» à la régionalisation d'une économie en transition? pp. 195-217

Pascal Glémain, Emmanuel Bioteau and Alexandru Dragan

Commercialisation de la microfinance: impact sur les plus pauvres en Afrique pp. 219-240

Nihel Halouani and Younes Boujelbène

Volume 84, issue 1, 2013

Merger Waves and Firm Growth: Contemporary Historical Evidence pp. 1-16

Sumit K Majumdar, Rabih Moussawi and Ulku Yaylacicegi

Competition Among Italian Junior-Secondary Schools: A Variance-Decomposition Empirical Analysis pp. 17-42

Tommaso Agasisti

Social Security and Early Retirement: The Relationship Between Workers, Firms and Governments pp. 43-61

Mathieu Lefebvre

Understanding the Role of Governments and Administrations in the Implementation of Community and Complementary Currencies pp. 63-81

Jerome Blanc and Marie Fare

La Gouvernance Mutualiste Comme Levier de ContrÔle: Le Cas D'une Banque pp. 83-101

Christine Marsal

Natural Disasters and Participation in Volunteer Activities: A Case Study of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake pp. 103-117

Eiji Yamamura