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The Role of Members' Commitment on Agri-Food Co-Operatives' Capitalization, Innovation and Performance

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  • Marcos-Matas, Gustavo
  • Ruggeri, Arianna
  • Ghelfi, Rino

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Undercapitalization has been recognized as a problem affecting Italian co-operatives to perform in modern agri-food markets. An empirical study on 50 Italian agri-food co-operatives was carried out to investigate co-operatives members’ commitment capability to impact on the level of capitalization. The level of capitalization was also investigated as a mean to influence co-operatives’ innovation and subsequently their performance. The results show how co-operatives with more committed memberships display higher levels of capitalization and that capitalization positively relates with innovation levels. The latter is also confirmed to enhance co-operatives’ performance. These results are relevant from a managerial point of view as they reveal the importance of members’ commitment in this particular type of organizations and provide new insights to improve co-operatives’ innovation and performance.

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  • Marcos-Matas, Gustavo & Ruggeri, Arianna & Ghelfi, Rino, 2018. "The Role of Members' Commitment on Agri-Food Co-Operatives' Capitalization, Innovation and Performance," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 21(3), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifaamr:269664
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269664
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