Agricultural co-operatives in the Western World: a bibliometric analysis
Agricultural co-operatives in the Western World: a bibliometric analysis
Since the establishment of one of the early co-operatives in Western Europe in the 1800s, co-operatives in the Western world have developed exponentially and played essential roles in improving agricultural sustainability. Much research has been carried out on this topic; however, to date, there is no systematic review of this body of the literature. To fill this gap, this paper is designed to identify the main research themes regarding agricultural co-operatives in western countries, and subsequently shed light on avenues for future research in this field. Based on a systematic literature review with bibliometric techniques including citation and co-citation analyses, this study identifies six predominant themes (social and environmental performance of co-operatives, governance structures of co-operatives, trust and commitment in co-operatives, comparisons between co-operatives and investor-owned firms (IOFs), financing problems in co-operatives, and women's co-operatives) of debates on western co-operatives. Recommendations for future research are finally provided.
Agricultural co-operatives, Citation analysis, Co-citation analysis, Sustainability, Western countries
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Luo, JIanli
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Han, Huiying
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Jia, Fu
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Dong, Hao
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10 November 2020
Luo, JIanli
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Han, Huiying
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Jia, Fu
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Dong, Hao
73a03c20-d661-446a-b45e-d2cf9e556998
Luo, JIanli, Han, Huiying, Jia, Fu and Dong, Hao
(2020)
Agricultural co-operatives in the Western World: a bibliometric analysis.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 273, , [122945].
(doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122945).
Abstract
Since the establishment of one of the early co-operatives in Western Europe in the 1800s, co-operatives in the Western world have developed exponentially and played essential roles in improving agricultural sustainability. Much research has been carried out on this topic; however, to date, there is no systematic review of this body of the literature. To fill this gap, this paper is designed to identify the main research themes regarding agricultural co-operatives in western countries, and subsequently shed light on avenues for future research in this field. Based on a systematic literature review with bibliometric techniques including citation and co-citation analyses, this study identifies six predominant themes (social and environmental performance of co-operatives, governance structures of co-operatives, trust and commitment in co-operatives, comparisons between co-operatives and investor-owned firms (IOFs), financing problems in co-operatives, and women's co-operatives) of debates on western co-operatives. Recommendations for future research are finally provided.
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Accepted/In Press date: 17 June 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 17 July 2020
Published date: 10 November 2020
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We acknowledge the financial support of National Social Science Foundation of China (Grand No. 17BGL132 ), funding from Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grand No. LY18G030028 ).
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Agricultural co-operatives, Citation analysis, Co-citation analysis, Sustainability, Western countries
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442085
ISSN: 0959-6526
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