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Journal of Wine Economics Volume 13 | 2018 | No. 3
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SYMPOSIUM: Organization and Performance of Cooperative Firms in the Wine Sector | What Makes Cooperatives Successful? Identifying the Determinants of Their Organizational Performance

SYMPOSIUM: Organization and Performance of Cooperative Firms in the Wine Sector | What Makes Cooperatives Successful? Identifying the Determinants of Their Organizational Performance

Patrizia Fanasch & Bernd Frick
JEL Clasification: D23, D82, D86, J54, L22, L25, L66, P13, Q13
Pages: 282-308
Abstract

In comparison with other organizational forms, cooperatives have been found to offer poor product quality and suffer from low reputation. The main reasons discussed in the literature are information asymmetries, which leads to adverse selection and moral hazard, as well as the absence of profit orientation due to poorly specified and diluted property rights. However, although, in reality, many cooperatives indeed perform poorly, and some are appar- ently able to completely avoid or at least reduce the problems that are considered prototypical for this hybrid organizational form. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to identify the characteristics required to reduce the problems resulting from poorly specified property rights and information asymmetries and, hence, to successfully compete in the market. The data we use to identify the characteristics that separate “good” and “bad” cooperatives encompass 136 organizations in Austria, Germany, and northern Italy. Our logistic regression estimations show that older and larger cooperatives (in terms of acreage) have a significantly higher probability to be listed in at least one of two highly respected wine guides. Moreover, German cooperatives have a significantly lower probability of being listed than either Austrian or northern Italian cooperatives. The findings suggest that differences in performance can be explained by the management of cooperatives.

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