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Annual Report Readership: A Study of an Agricultural Supply Cooperative

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  • Shanahan, Yvonne P.
  • Lord, Beverley R.
  • Robb, Alan J.

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Recent corporate collapses have focussed attention on the (un)reliability of financial information. However, although the agricultural sector, which is significant globally, is run primarily using the cooperative form, there is scant research on these users' perception of financial information. Therefore this paper examines members' readership and understanding of the annual reports of a large, fertiliser cooperative. The findings show that there is a lack of readership of the annual report, due to a lack of understanding and a lack of time. A minority of non-readers trust directors to "do a good job". Preparers of information should focus on making reports more user-friendly and evidence suggests that financial information could be released more strategically using other sources of communication, namely other print media and the internet.

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  • Shanahan, Yvonne P. & Lord, Beverley R. & Robb, Alan J., 2007. "Annual Report Readership: A Study of an Agricultural Supply Cooperative," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 35(2), pages 1-24.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlorco:58684
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.58684
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    1. Evans, Lewis & Meade, Richard, 2005. "The Role and Significance of Cooperatives in New Zealand Agriculture, A Comparative Institutional Analysis," Working Paper Series 3847, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
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    1. Nilsson, Jerker & Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard, 2011. "Free Riding or Trust? Why Members (do not) Monitor their Cooperatives," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 39(2), pages 1-20.

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