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The investment horizon issue in user-owned organizations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
-owned organizations: the wait-to-receive horizon problem, the hassle horizon problem, the current obligation horizon problem, the short-term residual horizon problem. This study also identifies the appreciated value horizon problem but space and time preclude its...
An empirical approach to exploring the role of selective incentives in mitigating the free rider problem
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
action literature suggests that organizations may be able to influence free riding by using organizational policies to create selective incentives that reward participation and resource contributions. Thus, by reducing free riding activities...
The portfolio problem in agricultural cooperatives: an integrated framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
investment to reflect their appetite for risk at the cooperative level. The study develops an opportunity cost of capital framework to test and extend the existing scope of the problem. To date the portfolio problem has been conceptualized in a lateral...
Adjusting organizational structure for cooperative longevity : Missouri farmers association, 1920 - 1950
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
in 1940 from a quasi-hybrid federation of local farm clubs, county exchanges, regional processing cooperatives, multipurpose ownership set of entities to a centralized cooperative organizational form. The study selects secondary data from archives...
The residual control roles of cooperative board of directors : a preliminary comparative analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The governance of economic organizations is complex. The theoretical and empirical literature on organizational governance implies that one form of governance mechanism functions the same for all economic organization, ...
Informing the theory of collective entrepreneurship: investment choice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Olson's seminal work on the logic of collective action predicts that individuals will not act collectively to further common economic goals except under certain conditions. This work utilizes transaction cost economics, ...
Citrus World, Inc. 1980 - 2015 : an examination of adaptation in a long-enduring U.S. agricultural marketing cooperative
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
over that period, I consider the explanatory power of each theory and its potential for informing the future development of frameworks for the study of cooperative organizations. The theories were selected for their dynamic nature and relevance...