Nilsson, Jerker and Golovina, Svetlana and Hess, Sebastian and Wolz, Axel
(2016).
Governance of production co-operatives in Russian agriculture.
Annals of public and cooperative economics. 87
:4
, 541-562
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apce.12123
Abstract
Many Soviet kolkhozy and sovkhozy were transformed into agricultural production co-operatives, because the farm workers would have had large transaction costs in any other type of organization. These co-operatives still hold a strong market position. This study explores the hypothesis that this market strength could be due to low governance costs, obtained through strong manager power. As managers want the co-operative to survive, they make limited investments in the co-operative and pay low wages. The members, however, do not consider this to be problematic. They appreciate the community within the village, their private plots of land and the co-operative's services. Hence the existence of the co-operatives is not threatened.
Authors/Creators: | Nilsson, Jerker and Golovina, Svetlana and Hess, Sebastian and Wolz, Axel |
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Title: | Governance of production co-operatives in Russian agriculture |
Series/Journal: | Annals of public and cooperative economics (1467-8292) |
Year of publishing : | 2016 |
Volume: | 87 |
Number: | 4 |
Page range: | 541-562 |
Number of Pages: | 22 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 1467-8292 |
Language: | English |
Publication Type: | Journal article |
Refereed: | Yes |
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed |
Version: | Accepted version |
Full Text Status: | Public |
Agris subject categories.: | E Economics, development, and rural sociology > E10 Agricultural economics and policies |
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 502 Economics and Business > Business Administration |
Keywords: | Russia, production co-operative, labour co-operative, governance, agriculture |
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3842 |
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3842 |
ID Code: | 13775 |
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap |
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics |
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector |
Deposited On: | 21 Dec 2016 07:31 |
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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