Jerker Nilsson

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored to which extent the members' assessment of their cooperatives' degree of success are related to various member attributes, with special reference to the members’ perception of their participation in the governance of the cooperatives.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the assumptions underlying the criticism reveals that this is not generally justified, as it focuses mainly on the functioning of capital markets, and disregards the vertically integrated character of the co-operatives, i.e. that their purpose is to counteract market failures on product markets.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that the social capital paradigm may add explanatory power when analyzing the development of agricultural cooperatives, which is claimed to be due to the members having increasingly little trust in the cooperatives and in each other.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conceptualize and test the effect of cooperative structure and entrepreneurial cooperative firm culture on the market orientation and performance of the cooperative firm relying on a sample of Dutch co-ops, and find a significant influence of individualized member ownership on performance and of cost/pricing policies on market orientation.

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey among members of a large traditional Swedish cooperative was conducted and the authors found that the members perceive the cooperative to be so large and complex that they have difficulties understanding the operations.