Liang, Qiao Xin; Hendrikse, George W.J; Huang, Zuhui; … - 2012
This paper addresses the distinction between core members and common members in farmer cooperatives in China in terms … indicate that the life cycle and the governance characteristics of farmer cooperatives in China differ from cooperatives in the … West world. The genesis of cooperatives in China is due to entrepreneurial farmers and the government, rather than the …