Specificity of cooperative efficiency evaluation according to abnormal cooperative additional value (ACAV) measure

Abstract. In order to evaluate the efficiency of dairy cooperatives the author applied Abnormal Cooperative Additional Value (ACAV) measure, according to Pietrzak [2006]. The measure constructed in that way integrates profits of cooperative companies with a procurement price (which includes poten...

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Main Author: Dominika Mierzwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Life Sciences in Poznań 2013-03-01
Series:Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
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Online Access:http://www.jard.edu.pl/tom27/zeszyt1/art_15.pdf
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Summary:Abstract. In order to evaluate the efficiency of dairy cooperatives the author applied Abnormal Cooperative Additional Value (ACAV) measure, according to Pietrzak [2006]. The measure constructed in that way integrates profits of cooperative companies with a procurement price (which includes potential benefit to the farmer). Comparing economic evaluation of dairy cooperatives based on economic profit and on ACAV, considerable differences were proved in the evaluation of economic results of cooperative entities.
ISSN:1899-5241
1899-5772