Browsing by Author/Contributor "Plunkett, Brad"
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Collective Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
Cook, Michael L. (Michael Lee), 1943-; Plunkett, Brad (Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2006-08)This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship. A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis of ... -
Collective Entrepreneurship: An Emerging Phenomenon in Producer-Owned Organizations
Cook, Michael L. (Michael Lee), 1943-; Plunkett, Brad (Southern Agricultural Economics Association, 2006-08)This paper introduces and defines the concept of collective entrepreneurship. A review of the defensive single-level rent-seeking objective of traditional agricultural cooperatives is introduced followed by an analysis ... -
Ownership Structure and Incentives to Invest: Dual-structured Irrigation Cooperatives in Australia
Plunkett, Brad; Chaddad, Fabio R. (Fabio Ribas); Cook, Michael L. (Michael Lee), 1943- (Journal of Institutional Economics, 2010)In the past decade, Australia has begun to privatize its irrigation system. Two general models have emerged: a single and a dual ownership structure. This paper examines the trade-offs, costs and benefits, and the attendant ... -
The portfolio problem in agricultural cooperatives: an integrated framework
Plunkett, Brad (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)A portfolio problem within agricultural cooperatives arises as a result of the traditional cooperative's property rights structure. As members' investment is tied to patronage, this traditional structure prevents them from ...