If consumers wholly or partially control a firm with market power they will charge less than the profit maximizing price. Starting at the usual monopoly price, a small price reduction will have a second order effect on profits but a first order effect on consumer surplus. Despite this desirable static result, it has been argued that cooperatives are vulnerable to take-over by outsiders who will...

BACKGROUND The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched the EvidenceNOW Initiative to rapidly disseminate and implement evidence-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive care in smaller primary care practices. AHRQ funded eight grantees (seven regional Cooperatives and one independent national evaluation) to participate in EvidenceNOW. The national evaluation examines qua...

The Asian and Pacific region is home for over 60 percent of the world’s population and more than 70 percent of the region’s population lives in rural areas and primarily involved in agriculture. Integrating and empowering rural women by promoting women’s entrepreneurship in green cooperatives has been recognized as an important approach to alleviate rural poverty and enhancing sustainable rural...

correction of wrong practices or thoughts by the producer or the adoption of a new production technique shows the success of rural development studies. this study was conducted to assess the effect of integrated dairy farming project on the çakmak and ekinciler villages before and after implementing the european funded “integrated dairy cattle project” carried out by the diyarbakır commercial e...

Several definitions of diversification exist. Such motivation for diversification could apply Typically, the concept is dynamic and refers to-the equally to proprietary or cooperative forms of relationship among various activities or enterprises in business. which the firm is engaged. As new activities are The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively acquired by a firm from some existing base...

Motivation While it appears the modern economy demands ever increasing amounts of differentiation, opportunities for grain producers to create and capture significant new sources of value remains elusive. Opportunities appear to loom large to help remove risk and improve quality in the grain supply chain through preservation of product identity, producers, producer groups, and cooperatives are ...

Various models of organization for networks of financial cooperatives are found around the world. The current situation, especially in terms of quality of governance, outreach and efficiency, appears to have been influenced significantly by the importance placed on the type of network organization chosen in the past. For example, European federated networks of financial cooperatives present cer...

The paper discusses Evsey Domar’s role as a link between economics in the West and Russia. Russian heritage he brought with him from Harbin (Manchuria) to US consisted of an interest socialism history. He paid close attention 1947 Varga controversy USSR. rediscovery Feldman’s (1928) growth model 1957 it Western Soviet economists alike. economic development was also discussed his interpretation ...

Infrastructure development is critical to sustain and attain optimum output from the rapidly growing Indian dairy sector. The existing studies indicate need improve infrastructure; however, varies across regions. This study analyses disparity in infrastructure of one highly progressive State – Gujarat - using a Principal Component Approach (PCA). results that there exists nearly 54% facility ...