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 (Unpublished) Chapters 1, 2, 12, 13, 14.[1]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.