Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives
Abstract: This study examined the extent to which farmer cooperatives enjoy social capital within their memberships as they become internationalised. The empirical basis was a survey of farmers in Finland. Findings from limited dependent variable regression models suggest that one group of farmers i...
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| author | Petri Ollila Jerker Nilsson Sebastian Hess |
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| description | Abstract: This study examined the extent to which farmer cooperatives enjoy social capital within their memberships as they become internationalised. The empirical basis was a survey of farmers in Finland. Findings from limited dependent variable regression models suggest that one group of farmers is loyal to the cooperative and opposes its foreign investments. A second and a third group have lower levels of social capital and switch membership status between multiple cooperatives or opt out of cooperatives. These farmers welcome international investment. This finding was more significant for individual farm types than the social capital-linked opposition to internationalisation. A general conclusion is that the internationalization of cooperatives seems affect the members’ trust in the cooperative differently. The increasing heterogeneity within the memberships may give rise to governance problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91bbb67d34704483b355cea0da3dee272022-12-21T23:37:11ZengScientific Agricultural Society of FinlandAgricultural and Food Science1459-60671795-18952014-11-0123410.23986/afsci.45222Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperativesPetri Ollila0Jerker Nilsson1Sebastian HessUniversity of HelsinkiSwedish University of Agricultural SciencesAbstract: This study examined the extent to which farmer cooperatives enjoy social capital within their memberships as they become internationalised. The empirical basis was a survey of farmers in Finland. Findings from limited dependent variable regression models suggest that one group of farmers is loyal to the cooperative and opposes its foreign investments. A second and a third group have lower levels of social capital and switch membership status between multiple cooperatives or opt out of cooperatives. These farmers welcome international investment. This finding was more significant for individual farm types than the social capital-linked opposition to internationalisation. A general conclusion is that the internationalization of cooperatives seems affect the members’ trust in the cooperative differently. The increasing heterogeneity within the memberships may give rise to governance problems.https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/45222Agricultural Cooperativesinternationalizationsocial capitalMulti-Nominal Logit model |
| spellingShingle | Petri Ollila Jerker Nilsson Sebastian Hess Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives Agricultural and Food Science Agricultural Cooperatives internationalization social capital Multi-Nominal Logit model |
| title | Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives |
| title_full | Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives |
| title_fullStr | Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives |
| title_short | Farmers' reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives |
| title_sort | farmers reactions to the internationalisation of cooperatives |
| topic | Agricultural Cooperatives internationalization social capital Multi-Nominal Logit model |
| url | https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/45222 |
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