Vertical coordination and cooperative member benefits: Case studies of four dairy farmers’ cooperatives in China

作者: Zhen Zhong , Chen Zhang , Fu Jia , Jos Bijman

DOI: 10.1016/J.JCLEPRO.2017.11.184

关键词: Dairy industryChinaSupply chainAgricultureDistribution (economics)Linear relationshipMultiple caseBusinessAnecdotal evidenceMarket economyIndustrial organizationRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentStrategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGeneral Environmental Science

摘要: Abstract Agricultural cooperatives have grown exponentially in the past few decades. There is anecdotal evidence showing that vertical coordination of with upstream and downstream supply chain bring benefits to cooperative members; however this relationship far from clear. In particular, common measurements for member may not accurately represent practice literature. To fill gap using an ethnographic multiple case study method, 32 interviews were carried out four dairy China. It found (1) there a linear between performance; (2) Vertical associated distribution within cooperative, inverted U-shaped relationship; (3) Member are function both performance distribution.

参考文章(58)
Jason R. V. Franken, Kevin J. Bacon, Organizational Structure and Operation of the Illinois Wine Industry Agricultural and Resource Economics Review. ,vol. 43, pp. 104- 124 ,(2014) , 10.1017/S1068280500006936
Margaret Fletcher, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Case Selection in International Business: Key Issues and Common Misconceptions Edward Elgar Publishing. ,(2011) , 10.4337/9780857933461.00019
Michael L. Cook, Brad Plunkett, Collective Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. ,vol. 38, pp. 421- 428 ,(2006) , 10.1017/S1074070800022458
Jordi Capó i Vicedo, Ricardo José Server Izquierdo, The interrelationship between the demands of Corporate Social Responsibility and co- operative principles and values CIRIEC-España, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa. ,vol. 73, pp. 213- 232 ,(2011)
James Richardson, Beyond Partnership: Strategies for Innovation and Lean Supply Journal of International Business Studies. ,vol. 25, pp. 660- 661 ,(1994) , 10.1057/JIBS.1994.42
Guido Nassimbeni, Network structures and co‐ordination mechanisms: A taxonomy International Journal of Operations & Production Management. ,vol. 18, pp. 538- 554 ,(1998) , 10.1108/01443579810209539
Qiao Liang, George Hendrikse, Core and Common Members in the Genesis of Farmer Cooperatives in China Managerial and Decision Economics. ,vol. 34, pp. 244- 257 ,(2013) , 10.1002/MDE.2587
Sebastian Hess, Lena W. Lind, Se Liang, Farmers’ Perceived Transaction Costs in Relation to Slaughterhouses of Different Ownership Structure Agribusiness. ,vol. 29, pp. 96- 111 ,(2013) , 10.1002/AGR.21327