Agricultural value chains, cooperatives and industrial organization
Start: 12.10.2015 00:00
End: 16.10.2015 00:00
Institute of Economics and Social Sciences
Course outline
This is a tentative schedule and may be adjusted if the progress of the class warrants such a change. If any adjustments are made, these will be announced in class.
| Date | Topic |
In- |
Literature |
| 12 October, Monday | |||
| 9:00-12:00 | Key concepts in agricultural markets, market structure, vertical markets |
LL |
Selected authors. “Supply Chains in the Agricultural Sector.” Choices, 20(4) 4th Quarter 2005. |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-16:00 | Industrial Organization of Agricultural Markets (continued) | LL | Carlton, D.W. and Perloff, J.M. 2005. Modern Industrial Organization. 4th Edition, Pearson Addison Wesley. |
| 13 October, Tuesday | |||
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9:00-12:00
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Industrial Organization of Agricultural Markets (continued) |
LL |
Tirole, J. 1988. The Theory of Industrial Organization, The MIT Press. Shy, O. 1996. Industrial Organization: Theory and Applications. The MIT Press Sutton, J. 1991. Sunk Costs and Market Structure. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Sutton, J. 1998. Technology and Market Structure. Cambridge: The MITPress. |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:00-16:00 |
The role and characteristics of agricultural cooperatives |
LL |
Fulton, M.E. and L. Hammond Ketilson. 1992. “The role of cooperatives in communities: Examples from Saskatchewan.” Journal of Agricultural Cooperation 7: 15-42. Fulton, M.E. and J. Vercammen. 1995. The Distributional Impacts of Non-Uniform Pricing Schemes for Co-operatives. Journal of Cooperatives 10: 18-32. Harris, A., Stefanson, B. and Fulton, M. 1996. “New Generation Cooperatives and Cooperative Theory,” Journal of Co-operatives 11: 15-28. Sexton, R. J., and T. A. Sexton. 1987. “Cooperatives as Entrants.” RAND J. of Econ. 18, Winter. Staatz, J.M. 1983. The Co-operative as a Coalition: A Game-Theoretic Approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 65(5): 1084-89. Lamprinakis, L. (2015). Participative organizational change and adaptation: insights from a qualitative case study of successful change. Development and Learning in Organizations, 29(2): 10-13. Available online. Lamprinakis, L. (2012). Organizational Innovation and Institutional Change: The Case of Valio in Finland. International Journal On Food System Dynamics, 3(2): 95-105. Available online. Lamprinakis, L. and Fulton, M. (2011). Does acquisition of a cooperative generate profits for the buyer? The Dairyworld case. Agricultural Economics, 42: 89–100. University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives. http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/ Canada: Many interesting AAFC documents are available online athttp://www.agr.gc.ca To download them select "Market information on a specific agricultural sector" |
| 14 October, Wednesday | |||
| 10:00-15:15 | Kevili seminar Organizational development of co-operatives (LL) Members’ role and governance in co-operatives (KK) Satisfaction of members with Kevili’s performance (Alo Alt, Kevili) Financing of co-operatives (Meelis Annus, Kevili) Competitiveness of Kevili (Ott Läänemets, Kevili) Situation and outlook of cereal markets (Tanel Eilmann, Kevili) |
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| 15:30-17:00 | Institutional theory | KK | |
| 15 October, Thursday | |||
| 9:00-10:30 | Contract theory, transaction cost economics | KK | |
| 10:30-12:00 |
Network economics, governance |
KK |
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| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch | ||
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13:00-16:30 |
Potential market coordination functions of producer cooperatives whitin the framework of New Institutional Economics/IOts |
PO |
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About the instructors:
Lampros Lamprinakis (LL) is a senior researcher at The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research – NIBIO (Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi). He has a Ph.D. (2008) from the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business & Economics (PBE) at the University of Saskatchewan. His PhD thesis was about “Cognitive Dissonance, Mental Frames and the Financial Value of Agricultural Co-operatives”. His research interest are in industrial organization, game theory, economic psychology, cooperatives.
Konstantinos Karantininis (KK) is a professor of Business Administration at the Department of Economics, SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences). Previously, he was with the University of Copenhagen, the Wageningen University, the Panteion University, and the University of Saskatchewan. He has studied at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (BA), The University of Saskatchewan (MSc, PhD) and UC Berkeley. His research interests are in applied microeconomics, industrial organization and new institutional economics. His research focuses on the economics of organization of agri-food and fiber chains in the bio-economy in western and developing countries. He has published on the economics and organization of cooperatives, contracts, networks, econometrics, biotechnology, innovation, and policy.
Petri Ollila (PO) is a professor at the Department of Economics and Management of the University of Helsinki.
For registration and additional information, please contact Ants-Hannes Viira ants.viira@emu.ee from the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences of Estonian University of Life Sciences