How do cooperative rebates and asset specificity impact operating performance of farmer cooperatives? evidence from China.

ABSTRACT: Improving farmer cooperatives' operating performance is essential for their economic sustainability and for promoting sustainable agricultural development. Despite the prominent role of benefit distribution and asset specificity in cooperation organizations, their impact on performance remains controversial, and the relationship between the three is unclear. This study focuses on cooperative benefit distribution in terms of their rebates (first and second rebates) and investigates the relationship between asset specificity, cooperative rebate and operating performance. The results show that both the first and second rebates have a positive impact on operating performance and play substitutive roles in increasing operating performance. Physical asset specificity (PAS) impacts first rebates

SUBMITTER: Zeng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11548777 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature