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Agricultural value chains, cooperatives and industrial organization

Algus: 12.10.2015 00:00
Lõpp: 16.10.2015 00:00

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

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 Literature
14 October, Wednesday
  Kevili seminar
10:00-10:30 Registration
10:30-10:35 Welcome speech, Prof. Mait Klassen, Rector of Estonian University of Life Sciences
10:35-10:50 Opening speech: KEVILI 10, Jaak Läänemets, Chairman of the Council of KEVILI
10:50-11:35 Organizational development in co-operatives, Dr. Lampros Lamprinakis, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)
11:35-12:20 Members’ role and governance in co-operatives, Prof. Konstantinos Karantininis, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
12:20-12:50 Influence of co-operatives on Estonian agriculture, Urmas Kruuse, Minister of Rural Affairs
12:50-13:45 Lunch
13:45-14:15 Story of Latraps, Edgars Ruža, Director of Latraps co-operative
14:15-14:45 Farmers’ motives for becoming a member of co-operative, Alo Alt, Purchase Manager of KEVILI
14:45-15:15 Financing of co-operatives, Meelis Annus, CEO of KEVILI
15:15-15:35 Unpredictable grain market, Tanel Eilmann, Sales Manager of KEVILI
15:35-16:00 KEVILI’s competitive position in Estonian grain market, Ott Läänemets, Uuetoa farm
16:00 Conclusions
16:00-17:30 Institutional theory KK  
15 October, Thursday
9:00-10:30 Contract theory, transaction cost economics KK  
10:30-12:00

Network economics, governance

KK

 
12:00-13:00 Lunch    

13:00-16:30

Potential market coordination functions of producer cooperatives whitin the framework of New Institutional Economics/IOts

PO

  

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

About the instructors:
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.
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.

This part of the course will probably take place in November:

Date and time Topic Instructor Literature
xx November
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 LL Carlton, D.W. and Perloff, J.M. 2005. Modern Industrial Organization. 4th Edition, Pearson Addison Wesley.
xx November
9:00-12:00 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 at http://www.agr.gc.ca To download
them select "Market information on a specific agricultural sector"

Essential pre-course readings:
Zeuli, K. A. and R. Cropp, (2004). Cooperatives: Principles and practices in the 21st century. University of Wisconsin-Extension.
Royer, J. S. (2014). The Neoclassical Theory of Cooperatives: Part I. Journal of Cooperatives, 28:1–19.
Royer, J. S. (2014). The Neoclassical Theory of Cooperatives: Part II. Journal of Cooperatives, 28:20–35.