Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. understand the differences between producers' organizations and agricultural cooperatives
2. use the agricultural cooperative terminology
3. understand the importance of agricultural cooperatives for the producers
4. recognize the agricultural cooperative's problems
5. discuss about the new trends of agricultural cooperatives worldwide
6. create an agricultural cooperative
7. understand balance sheets
Course Content (Syllabus)
Agricultural cooperatives in Greece. Agricultural cooperative classification schemes. Problems in the application of agricultural cooperative values. Agricultural cooperatives' facts and figures in Greece. Traditional agricultural cooperatives versus re-engineered agricultural cooperatives. Producers' Organizations. Institutional theory and agricultural cooperatives. Efficiency and the role of Greek agricultural cooperatives in the market. Agricultural cooperative's legislation. Microeconomics in agricultural cooperatives. Economies of scale. Internal organization and efficiency in agricultural cooperatives. Generic strategies in agricultural cooperatives and private food firms. The business plan of an agricultural cooperatives. Mergers and acqusitions in agricultural cooperatives. Finance in agricultural cooperatives. Quality assurance systems in agricultural cooperatives. Accounting in agricultural cooperatives.
Additional bibliography for study
1. Gert van Dijk, Panagiota Sergaki and George Baourakis (2019): The Cooperative Enterprise: Practical Evidence for a Theory of Cooperative Entrepreneurship, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-16278-8
2. Σαλαβού, Ε. και Ο. Κυριακίδου (2010). Μάνατζμεντ. Εταιρικές λειτουργίες. Εκδόσεις Rosili.
3. Karantininis, K. and J. Nilsson (2007). Vertical markets and Cooperative Hierarchies. The role of cooperatives in the agri-food industry.Springer.