Search
Now showing items 1-20 of 14221
Determinants of international cooperation : reciprocity, opportunity, and cooperative norms
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation examines few of the determinants and effects of international cooperation. There are three broad themes that run throughout this dissertation, which...
Cooperatives and Group Action
(Texas A&M University, 1993)
The primary objective of this paper is to synthesize and summarize organizational issues and challenges facing U.S. agricultural cooperatives as they analyze their strategic options in preparing to meet the needs of their members in the twenty...
Beginning to Inform the Theory of the Cooperative Firm: Emergence of the New Generation Cooperative
(Association for Business Administration Studies, 1999-04)
-new generation of agricultural cooperative surfaced, and 3) to examine the unique organizational attributes - especially the property rights characteristics - of this form of cooperative by describing the case of Dakota Growers Pasta, a new generation cooperative...
Directory of Missouri farm cooperatives
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1956)
Basics of Missouri agricultural cooperatives
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1995)
In 1983, 105 locally owned agricultural cooperatives operated in Missouri. But although they strongly support the idea of cooperatives, farmers may not fully understand their role in the cooperative or the unique features of cooperatives. They have...
Origins of a Current Conflict? An Examination of Stock-Nonstock Cooperative Law
(American Institute of Cooperation, 1993)
The earliest state cooperative laws in the United States were stock laws modeled upon the Rochdale experience and were adaptations of basic corporate laws of Incorporation to the cooperative form of organization. They emphasized stock as the basis...
Advances in Cooperative Theory since 1990: A Review of Agricultural Economics Literature
(Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management, 2004)
This article reviews the advances in neoclassical, coalition-game theoretic, and new institutional-nexus of contracts applications of economic theory to agricultural cooperative literature published in English language academic journals since 1990...
Consumer co-ops : introduction to consumer food cooperatives (1993)
(1993)
More people are becoming interested in establishing cooperatives to handle groceries. The interest stems in part from the tight economic situation faced by many families. The new National Consumer Cooperative Bank has also sparked interest...
The cooperative provision of ecosystem services in agriculture
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
, and fuel, often at the expense of other ES, such as water quality and biodiversity. This dissertation explores cooperative solutions to the problem, where farmers work together to provide ES. We find that natural pest control, pollinating services and water...
Farmers' attitudes toward cooperatives
(University of Missouri-Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1976)
Basics of Missouri agricultural cooperatives
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1986)
"In 1983, 105 locally owned agricultural cooperatives operated in Missouri. But although they strongly support the idea of cooperatives, farmers may not fully understand their role in the cooperative or the unique features of cooperatives. They have...
How agricultural cooperatives are taxed (1995)
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1995)
The development of cooperative tax law represents attempts over the past few decades to bring together a set of tax rules that reflects the reality of, the cooperative business world. The principle sources of cooperative tax law are located...
The relationship between performance and governance in agricultural cooperatives : a structural equation modeling approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Previous research in cooperative governance have modeled the relationship between performance and governance using econometric methods such as two-stage least squares (2SLS...
Possibilities and limitations of cooperative marketing
(University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1926)
Consumer co-ops : incorporating consumer cooperatives in Missouri (1993)
(1993)
This publication explains the consumer cooperative statute situation as it existed in 1985 and the options available to the many groups wishing to form consumer cooperatives. It is not intended as a source of legal advice. Any group planning...
Personality Type as a Predictor of Interaction Between Student Teachers and Cooperating Teachers
(2009?)
Agricultural Education teaching interns from the University of Missouri and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and their respective cooperating teachers participated in the study (n = 56). The purpose of the study was to assess...
How agricultural cooperatives are taxed
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 1986)
"Many Missouri farmers are members of locally owned or regional agricultural cooperatives. Cooperatives are unique in that the owners are also the patrons of the business. The cooperative's purpose is to provide marketing or supply services to its...
Testing for the Presence of Financial Constraints in US Agricultural Cooperatives: An Investment Behaviour Approach
(Blackwell, 2005)
This study examines the presence of financial constraints in US agricultural cooperatives. We test the cooperative capital constraint hypothesis with a panel data econometric analysis of agricultural cooperatives' investment behaviour. Regression...