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Economic theories of nonprofits and agricultural cooperatives compared: New perspectives for nonprofit scholars

Valentinov, Vladislav; Iliopoulos, Constantine - In: Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 42 (2013) 1, pp. 109-126

This article explores the cross-fertilization potential that exists between the economic theory of agricultural cooperatives and that of nonprofit organizations. A number of central ideas in the agricultural cooperative theory are shown to generate two novel insights pertaining to the nonprofit...

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Joint ownership by farmers and investors in the agri-food industry: An exploratory study of the limited cooperative association

Grashuis, Jasper - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-14

Since the 1990s, producers of farm commodities have been attempting to enter value-added agri-food sectors by means of joint ownership of hybrid cooperatives. New generation cooperatives, characterized by substantial supply and equity requirements, inspired much farm producer optimism before...

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What is the influence of government programs on farmer organizations and their impacts? Evidence from Zambia

Minah, Margitta - In: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 93 (2022) 1, pp. 29-53

Governments and donors often promote farmer organizations (FOs) in the implementation of their agricultural development programs. Yet, there is a lot of uncertainty whether externally supported FOs provide benefits beyond the channelling of programs. This paper uses Propensity Score Matching...

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Director selection in agricultural cooperatives—The process and the roles in the Finnish context

Huhtala, Kari; Tuominen, Pasi; Tuominen, Terhi - In: Cogent Business & Management 7 (2020) 1, pp. 1-26

Director selection is linked with contradictory board roles which call for the need of multiple approaches. In cooperatives, which are member- and user-driven rather than profit-driven, this approach is essential. The aim of this study is to analyze director selection in agricultural...

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Member commitment in agricultural cooperatives: Evidence from Ethiopia

Awoke, Habtamu Mekonnen - In: Cogent Business & Management 8 (2021) 1, pp. 1-22

Member commitment is essential for the efficiency and survival of member-based economic organizations like agricultural cooperatives. In Ethiopia, cooperatives are considered as important vehicles for linking smallholder farmers to markets and for rural development more generally. However,...

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The development of small enterprises in Bulgaria, Czech Republic and the Russian Federation

Dittrich, Eckhard J.; Schrader, Heiko; Stojanov, Christo - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 13 (2008) 2, pp. 129-153

. Quantitative and qualitative research was done in Bulgaria, Czech Republic and the Russian Federation in 2003 and 2004 to provide a … und 2004 führten die Autoren quantitative und qualitative Forschung in Bulgarien, Tschechien und der Russischen Föderation …

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The political networking challenge to business leadership in Bulgaria

Michailova, Snejina; Iankova, Elena A. - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 8 (2003) 4, pp. 397-414

transnational level. We illustrate our argument with networking developments in Bulgaria, and more specifically by outlining the … various forms of political networking in which the new business leaders of Bulgaria have engaged after 1989. … Bulgarien und im Detail werden die verschiedenen Formen der politischen Netzwerke umrissen, in denen sich die neuen …

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The price of EU accession: An insight into the Bulgarian real estate market

Rizov, Marian - In: Property Management 22 (2004) 1, pp. 72-83

Accession of Bulgaria to the European Union is expected to result in increases in the prices of all types of real …

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The Economic and Politic Relations Between Bulgaria and Germany. A Short Historical Perspective

Enea, Sebastian-Florian; Gentimir, Irina-Elena - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 1, pp. 44-59

Members of the European Union, Germany and Bulgaria are united by the same values and expectations. Both countries aim … to present, from a historical approach, the evolution of the economic and political relations between Bulgaria and … article uses data from theoretical and empirical research on the economic and politic relations between Germany and Bulgaria …

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Are habits in consumption important for the propagation of business cycle fluctuations in Bulgaria?

Vasilev, Aleksandar - In: Central European Journal of Economic Modelling and … 11 (2019) 3, pp. 133-151

cyclical fluctuations in Bulgaria. Allowing for internal habits in household's consumption improves the model performance … be taken into consideration when analyzing the effects of different policies in Bulgaria. In addition, we also …

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