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Characterizing Cooperatives in China

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Scholars question whether Chinese cooperatives are different from Western cooperatives. Five cooperatives in Zhejiang province are described, and they are evaluated from various perspectives. Next we address various differences between cooperatives in China and the Western world. We highlight aspects of the political and the economic environment, such as the farmland system, the cooperative law, the financial support and intervention from the government, the limited education of most farmers, and the substantial capital requirements in order to have a successful cooperative.

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    Farmers may participate in more than one cooperative.

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    Zhejiang is one of the earliest provinces where cooperatives emerged and the number of cooperatives ranks second in China.

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  1. China Academy for Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Yuhangtang 866, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Yining Xu, Hongdong Guo & Qiao Liang

  2. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Postbus 1738, Room T10–56, 3000, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    George W. J. Hendrikse

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  1. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. CREM, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France

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  3. Institute for Strategic Management, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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  4. Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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Xu, Y., Hendrikse, G.W.J., Guo, H., Liang, Q. (2017). Characterizing Cooperatives in China. In: Hendrikse, G., Cliquet, G., Ehrmann, T., Windsperger, J. (eds) Management and Governance of Networks . Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57276-5_12

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