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The Internationalisation of Agricultural Co-operatives: Critical Factors in Development

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  • Donoso, Ignacio
  • Rudzki, Romuald
  • Shadbolt, Nicola
  • Bailey, William

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Internationalisation of agricultural co-operatives is a worldwide trend and has been identified by several studies as one of the key challenges co-operatives are currently facing. This paper provides a comprehensive literature review of the internationalisation of agricultural co-operatives globally, including the identification of the critical factors in their development. Starting with a review of the traditional definition of co-operatives and their unique characteristics, the paper explores the emergence of new co-operative models, reasons for internationalisation as well as the barriers to it, forms of internationalisation adopted by co-operatives, and potential conflicts that can arise. The paper goes on with a new descriptive model for determining internationalisation of co-operatives. Finally, using the mentioned model, the paper includes case studies of two New Zealand co-operatives: Fonterra, a pure co-operative in the dairy industry and Zespri, a co-operative hybrid in the kiwifruit industry, and their internationalisation situation.

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  • Donoso, Ignacio & Rudzki, Romuald & Shadbolt, Nicola & Bailey, William, 2003. "The Internationalisation of Agricultural Co-operatives: Critical Factors in Development," Papers 234169, University of Melbourne, Melbourne School of Land and Environment.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:auagpe:234169
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.234169
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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.
    2. Juan Francisco Juliá Igual & Elena Meliá Martí, 2008. "Social Economy and the Cooperative Movement in Europe: Contributions to a New Vision of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Europe of The 27," CIRIEC-España, revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa, CIRIEC-España, issue 62, pages 147-172, October.

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