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Organization and Strategy of Farmer Specialized Cooperatives in China

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  • Hu, Yamei
  • Huang, Zuhui
  • Hendrikse, George W.J.
  • Xu, Xuchu

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A description and analysis of China's Farmer Specialized Cooperatives is presented. Data is presented regarding the historical development of farmer cooperatives in China, the membership composition of a sample of 66 farmer cooperatives in the Zhejiang province, and the various attributes (governance, quality control system, and strategy) of a watermelon cooperative in this province. Many cooperatives are being transformed in organizations with a market orientation. These cooperatives exhibit substantial heterogeneity, in terms of farmers being member and skewness in the distribution of control rights. Human asset specificity in terms of establishing and maintaining relations and access to markets seems to be more important than physical asset specificity in accounting for governance structure choice in the current institutional setting.

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  • Hu, Yamei & Huang, Zuhui & Hendrikse, George W.J. & Xu, Xuchu, 2006. "Organization and Strategy of Farmer Specialized Cooperatives in China," 2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia 25610, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae06:25610
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.25610
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    Keywords

    Agribusiness;

    JEL classification:

    • L2 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • M - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness

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