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Co-ordination and performance of Spanish second-level agricultural co-operatives: the impact of relationship characteristics

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  • Narciso Arcas-Lario
  • Miguel Hern·ndez-Espallardo

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A large number of Spanish agricultural marketing co-operatives (i.e. first-level marketing co-operatives, 1LMCs) have formed long-term partnerships with a second-level marketing co-operative (2LMC). Good co-ordination is essential for making the partnership competitive. This study analyses how the 2LMC's coordination efforts affect its partners' performance. Specifically, this influence is hypothesised to be contingent on two relational characteristics: trust and dependence. A theoretical framework is established and an empirical study undertaken with information obtained from a survey of 164 Spanish 1LMCs. The results show that co-ordination has a higher impact on performance when the first-level marketing co-operative's trust in the 2LMC is higher and its dependence on the 2LMC is lower. Copyright 2003, Oxford University Press.

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  • Narciso Arcas-Lario & Miguel Hern·ndez-Espallardo, 2003. "Co-ordination and performance of Spanish second-level agricultural co-operatives: the impact of relationship characteristics," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 30(4), pages 487-507, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:30:y:2003:i:4:p:487-507
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    1. Kamila Ruzickova & Petr Korab, 2013. "Does horizontal cooperation create value? A residual income approach application on Czech agricultural data," MENDELU Working Papers in Business and Economics 2013-32, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics.
    2. Emilio Galdeano-Gómez & José A. Aznar-Sánchez & Juan C. Pérez-Mesa, 2012. "Sustainability dimensions of agricultural development in Almería (Spain): The experience of 50 years," ERSA conference papers ersa12p256, European Regional Science Association.
    3. Arcas-Lario, Narciso & Martín-Ugedo, Juan Francisco & Mínguez-Vera, Antonio, 2014. "Farmers’ Satisfaction with Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Spanish Cooperatives: An Explanation from Agency Theory," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 17(1), pages 1-20, February.

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