合作社多元化的行为取向：以代理人为基础的案例研究【外文翻译】

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1、外文翻译原文OrientationinDiversificationBehaviorofCooperatives:AnAgent-BasedApproachMaterialSource:EconomicsandmanagementofnetworksAuthor:GeorgeHendrikse,RuudSmitandMarkdelaVieterAnimportantgovernancestructureintheagrifoodindustryistheproducercooperative.Itisanassociationofmanyindepend

2、entgrowerswhojointlyownadownstreamprocessor/retailer(Sexton1986).Cooperativesarenotlistedonstockmarkets,andhavedistinguishingfeatures(CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities2001,12)likeanorientationtoprovidebenefitstomembersandsatisfytheirneeds,democraticgoalsettinganddecision-makingm

3、ethods,specialrulesfordealingwithcapitalandprofit,andgeneralinterestobjectives(insomecases).Anumberofthesefeatureswillfeatureprominently.Agriculturalandhorticulturalcooperativesoperatenowadaysinarapidlychangingenvironment.Twobroaddevelopmentscanbedistinguished.First,adifferentpro

4、ductassortmentisrequiredinordertobesuccessfulinamarketchangingfromasellerstoabuyersmarket.Second,manyagriculturalmarketshavebecomemorecompetitiveduetotheirincreaseinsize,e.g.theemergenceoftheinternalmarketinEuropeandtheworldwidetrendtowardsglobalization.Thisresultsinmanymergeract

5、ivities(Dobsonetal.2003).Thesedevelopmentsraiseanumberofissuesregardingthecompositionofproductportfoliosandthedirectionofmergeractivitiesoftheinvolvedenterprises.First,Teeceetal.(1994)studiesthecoherenceofthemultiproductbusinessfirm.Relatednessbetweenproductsindiversificationport

6、foliosofenterprisesisestablishedandsummarizedinanumberofstylizedfacts(pp.3–4):●thesequenceisgenerallyforfirmstobeginassingleproductandsubsequentlybecomemulti-product,ratherthantheotherwayaround;●firmsmaintainaconstantlevelofcoherencebetweenneighboringactivities;●firmsnotonlyaddbu

7、sinesses,theyalsocommonlydivest;Corporatecoherenceentailsthatthecorporationhastobetakenintoaccount.Onewaytodothisistotakevariouscorporateforms/governancestructuresinto6account.However,therelationshipbetweengovernancestructureandthedirectionoftheevolutionindiversificationportfolio

8、sisnotaddressedbyTeeceetal.Ourinterestis