Cognitive and partnership dimensions in merger processes in agricultural cooperatives: the case of winery cooperatives in Languedoc-Roussillon

Louis-Antoine Saïsset (), Foued Cheriet () and Jean-Pierre Couderc
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Louis-Antoine Saïsset: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier
Foued Cheriet: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: Cooperatives are a specific type of organisation. For nearly a century, they have represented an important means of organisational and strategic structuring of agricultural and food sectors in France. By the early 1990s, an accelerated process of concentration was observed among agricultural cooperatives. Our study aims to analyse the concentration process of agricultural cooperatives mainly through mergers with take-over. The analysis of 14 wine cooperatives mergers in Languedoc Roussillon between 2004 and 2010 is our empirical field. The main results indicate that there are different types of merger processes with cognitive and partnership dimensions: some are done without any backup strategy, while others respond to local policies. Finally, in other cases, mergers are based on real corporate strategic projects leading to synergies between the involved cooperatives.

Keywords: agricultural cooperative; merger; wine cooperative; cognitive dimension; partnership dimension; governance; lean content; agricultural cooperation; partnership; melting; cognitive process; coopérative agricole; coopérative viticole; coopération agricole; partenariat; gouvernance; fusion; processus cognitif; languedoc roussillon (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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Published in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2017, 32 (1/2), pp.181-207. ⟨10.1504/IJESB.2017.10002071⟩

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DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2017.10002071

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