A warm welcome to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the course Agricultural cooperatives!

Below, you will find general information about the student account, registration for the course and other practical information.

The student account

You will need your student account to access e.g. your e-mail, Ladok and Canvas. For information regarding how to create your student account, follow this link: https://student.slu.se/en/study-support/it-support/support/new-student---start/

Registration for the course

Self-registration for the course is done in Ladok between 2026-01-05 – 2026-01-19. Remember that you must be admitted and registered in Ladok to be able take the course. Having access to Canvas does not mean you are registered in the course and without registration, you are risking losing your place in the course. If you have been admitted to the course with conditions, you need to send your credit list to the course leader who will review it and decide if you can register. Do this as soon as possible as reviewing credits may take a few days due to the course start.

Schedule

The complete course schedule can be found in TimeEdit 4 weeks prior to the course start. You can reach the course schedule by searching the course code in the TimeEdit public schedule search.

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Educational support

If you are entitled extra educational support, please inform the course leader at the start of the course so that special arrangements can be made.

For educational support for an exam, see instructions in the exam registration in Ladok Student. You need to register for alternative exam arrangements no later than 10 workings days prior to the examination day. More information here: https://student.slu.se/en/study-support/study-support/funka/.

Discontinuation of a course

If you want to discontinue the course, you should immediately notify the educational administrators at econ-edu@slu.se, who in turn will inform the course leader and register a non-completion of the course in Ladok after your approval. You are also able to register an early non-completion of the course (within three weeks after course start) in Ladok yourself.

Exams

You need to register for exams in Ladok. The registration closes 10 working days prior to the exam. You can find your anonymity code in Ladok Student. It's **not **possible to register for the exam after the deadline has passed.

On Wednesdays between 12:30-14:30 we have an exam hand out at the department (Ulls hus, 4th floor). Please remember to bring your ID-card.

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Do not hesitate to contact us at econ-edu@slu.se if you have any questions!

Kind regards,
The educational administrators

Literature list, FÖ0442 Agricultural Cooperatives

Spring semester 2026

Beber, Caetano Luiz; Ludwig Theuvsen & Verena Otter. 2018. “Organizational structures and the evolution of dairy cooperatives in Southern Brazil: A life cycle analysis”. Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 6: 64-77.

Benos, Theo, Nikos Kalogeras, Martin Wetzels, Ko de Ruyter; Joost ME Pennings. 2018. “Harnessing a ‘currency matrix’ for performance measurement in cooperatives: A multi-phased study”. Sustainability, 10.

Bijman, Jos. 2018. “Exploring the sustainability of the cooperative model in dairy: The case of Netherlands”. Sustainability, 10.

Chaddad, Fabio R & Michael L Cook. 2004. “Understanding new cooperative models: An ownership-control rights typology”, Review of Agricultural Economics, 26(3): 348-360.

Chaddad, Fabio & Constantine Iliopoulos. 2012. “Control rights, governance, and the costs of ownership in agricultural cooperatives”, Agribusiness, 29(1): 3-22.

Cobia, David & Bruce Andersson (eds). 2004. Cooperatives: An Economic and Management Perspective. (Unpublished) Chapters 1, 2, 12, 13, 14.[1]

Eisenhardt, Kathleen. 1989. “Agency theory: An assessment and review”, The* Academy of Management Review*, 14(1): 57-74.

Grashuis, Jasper & Michael Cook. 2018.”An examination of new generation cooperatives in the upper Midwest: Successes, failures, and limitations”, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89(4): 623-644.

Grashuis, Jasper & Ye Su. 2019. “A review of the empirical literature on farmer cooperatives: Performance, ownership, and member attitude”. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 90(1): 77-102.

Hakelius, Karin; Kostas Karantininis & Li Feng. 2013. “The resilience of the cooperative form: Cooperative beehiving by Swedish cooperatives”. Chapter in Ehrmann, Windsperger, Cliquet & Hendrikse (eds): Governance of Alliances, Cooperatives and Franchise Chains. Berlin: Springer Verlag: 127-147.

Iliopoulos, Constantine & Vladislav Valentinov. 2022. “Cooperative governance under increasing member diversity: Towards a new theoretical framework”. Scandinavian Journal of Management, 38.

Morfi, Chrysoula; Jerker Nilsson & Hanna Österberg. 2018. “Why farers involve themselves in co-operative district councils”. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 89(4): 581-598.

Mugwagwa, Innocent; Jos Bijman & Jacques Trienekens. 2020. “Typology of contract farming arrangements: A transaction cost perspective”. Agrekon, 59(2): 169-187.

Nilsson, Jerker. 2018. “Governance costs and the problems of large traditional co-operatives”. Outlook on Agriculture, 47(2): 87-92.

Nilsson, Jerker. 2023. “Social capital and governance of agricultural cooperatives”. Chapter in Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals, Elliott & Boland (eds). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing: 116-134.

Rixon, Daphne & Fiona Duguid. 2022. “Co-operative leaders need to lead the way on global and local SDG adoption”. [Version 1, not peer reviewed]. Emerald Open Res, 4(11).

Williamson, Oliver. 2008. “Outsourcing: Transaction cost economics and supply chain management”, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 44(2): 5-16.

Zhang, Chuan-Hong; Benjamin, Wandella Amos & Wang Miao. 2021. The contribution of cooperative irrigation scheme to poverty reduction in Tanzania*. Journal of Integrative Agriculture*, 20(4): 953-963.

Zhong, Zhen; Chen Zhang; Fu Jia & Jos Bijman. 2018. “Vertical coordination and cooperative member benefits: Case studies of four dairy farmers’ cooperatives in China”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 172: 2266-2277.

[1] This is chapters from an unpublished book, hence it is not possible (as far as I know) to find them on the Web.