Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100199
Geovane Paulo Sornberger , Norberto Hoppen , Douglas Wegner
This study analyzes how governance's institutionalization process occurs in inter-organizational networks called Virtual Business Communities (VBC). Using institutional theory as a basis, we analyze how governance was performed in two VBCs in the flower and ornamental plants business sector. Data were collected through interviews, non-participant observation, and documents and analyzed with the content analysis technique. Results reflect the importance of members' symbolic and material interest in legitimizing the institutionalization process and the role of prior cooperation in physical environments when institutionalizing governance in VBCs. Therefore, we contribute to the theory by showing that previous cooperation in physical environments contributes to institutionalizing governance in virtual environments.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100204
Jasper Grashuis , Karin Hakelius
Food consumers have been engaging in collective action to combat food retail concentration for many years. As modern supermarkets gain in size and power, the activity of food consumer co-operatives may have more importance than ever to prevent food price increases. However, applied research on the price competition between consumer co-operatives and firms is scarce at best. We address the considerable gap with an empirical analysis of price information from consumer co-operatives and firms in England, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Using the market basket approach, we observe significant differences in the food prices of co-operatives and firms. In the case of Sweden, the price index of the consumer co-operative is significantly lower, which may indicate an inability to implement a yardstick effect on the firm. Meanwhile, in England and the Netherlands, the firms have significantly higher price indices, which may be explained by the tendency of co-operatives to return profit to members at the conclusion of the fiscal year.
{"title":"Pricing strategies of corporations and consumer co-operatives in the food retail sector: Evidence from England, Sweden, and the Netherlands","authors":"Jasper Grashuis , Karin Hakelius","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100204","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100204","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Food consumers have been engaging in collective action to combat food retail concentration for many years. As modern supermarkets gain in size and power, the activity of food consumer co-operatives may have more importance than ever to prevent food price increases. However, applied research on the price competition between consumer co-operatives and firms is scarce at best. We address the considerable gap with an empirical analysis of price information from consumer co-operatives and firms in England, Sweden, and the Netherlands. Using the market basket approach, we observe significant differences in the food prices of co-operatives and firms. In the case of Sweden, the price index of the consumer co-operative is significantly lower, which may indicate an inability to implement a yardstick effect on the firm. Meanwhile, in England and the Netherlands, the firms have significantly higher price indices, which may be explained by the tendency of co-operatives to return profit to members at the conclusion of the fiscal year.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42848440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100213
Shahid Ghauri , Tim Mazzarol , Geoffrey N. Soutar
{"title":"Networking benefits for SME members of co-operatives","authors":"Shahid Ghauri , Tim Mazzarol , Geoffrey N. Soutar","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100213","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49722972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100190
Damian Sambuo
{"title":"Co-operatology and the science of cooperative societies: A synthetic review of research on cooperative evolution","authors":"Damian Sambuo","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100190","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49735075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100189
Franci Avsec
{"title":"Indivisible capital of cooperatives: Law and practice in Slovenia","authors":"Franci Avsec","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2022.100189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49735347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100214
Kusnandar Kusnandar , Olaf van Kooten , Frances M. Brazier
{"title":"Supporting self-organisation in farmer organisations in developing countries: A case with a group of farmer groups in Indonesia","authors":"Kusnandar Kusnandar , Olaf van Kooten , Frances M. Brazier","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100214","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100214","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49736683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100215
Deolinda Meira , Maria Elisabete Ramos
{"title":"Democratic governance and modernity in 21st century co-operatives in Portugal: Frontiers and balances","authors":"Deolinda Meira , Maria Elisabete Ramos","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49722959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100216
Alfonso Estragó
{"title":"Management in worker cooperatives: Democracy vs. dissonance, and possible overcoming approaches","authors":"Alfonso Estragó","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100216","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49722960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100198
Véronique De Herde
{"title":"Stronger together, but how? Lessons from the Walloon dairy history on the strategic relevance of cooperative models","authors":"Véronique De Herde","doi":"10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100198","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49735349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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