Entrepreneurship, Collective Entrepreneurship and the Producer-Owned Firm

Entrepreneurship is predominantly associated with the activities of an individual actor – the entrepreneur. It has also been related to the concept of firm ownership (e.g. Foss and Klein, 2005). This may lead to the conjecture that a collectively-owned firm is a setting for collective entrepreneurship. However, such reasoning encounters a number of taxing questions. If entrepreneurship is usually related to the individual, how does the collective embody entrepreneurial spirit and lead to effective outcomes? These and other questions will be addressed in this paper, which is mainly based on a review of the literature. The paper starts by providing an overview of the different schools of (economic) thought on entrepreneurship. Subsequently we discuss the implications for the conceptualization of entrepreneurship when it is not carried out by an individual but by a group of people. Finally, the notion of collective entrepreneurship will be framed within the context of the producer-owned firm in agriculture, by considering conditions under which collective entrepreneurship can be attributed to the cooperative.entreprepreneurship, cooperative, pro, Agribusiness, Industrial Organization,

Support for farmers' cooperatives: EU synthesis and comparative analysis report: policy measures

In order to foster the competitiveness of the food supply chain, the European Commission is committed to promote and facilitate the restructuring and consolidation of the agricultural sector by encouraging the creation of voluntary agricultural producer organisations. To support the policy making process DG Agriculture and Rural Development has launched a large study, “Support for Farmers’ Cooperatives (SFC)”, that will provide insights on successful cooperatives and producer organisations as well as on effective support measures for these organisations. These insights can be used by farmers themselves, in setting up and strengthening their collective organisation, and by the European Commission in its effort to encourage the creation of agricultural producer organisations in the EU. Within the framework of the SFC project this EU synthesis and comparative analysis report - Policy Measures has been written. Data collection for this report has been done in the summer of 2011. In addition to this report, the SFC-project has delivered 27 country reports, a report on policies for cooperatives in non-EU OECD countries, 8 sector reports, 5 other EU synthesis and comparative analysis reports, 33 case studies, a report on cluster analysis, and a final report

Business modelling for a digital compliance platform: taking stock and looking forward : (D3.2.1 Desk study and interviews)

This study consists of a desk study on business models related to Ag data platforms and stakeholder consultation through interviews and stakeholder workshops (information on the interviews can be found in the Section References). An Ag data platform is interpreted as an IT-based interorganisational arrangement dealing with the collection, storage, exchange and use of Ag data. The scope of the desk study is limited to Ag data platforms with publicly available information on their key features. 8 | Wageningen Economic Research Report 2017-014 The objective of this study is to examine main types of business models that are used for developing Ag data platforms in agrifood chains and identify viable options that can be used for future development of the compliance platform envisaged by FarmDigital. More specifically, the research intends to provide answers to the following questions: What types of business models are being used for Ag data platforms? What features characterise the current landscape of Ag data platforms? What are the analogs and antilogs of the compliance platform envisaged by FarmDigital? What are the challenges and enabling options for future development of a compliance platform

Verdienmodellen natuurinclusieve landbouw

Deze brochure richt zich op agrarische ondernemers en hun adviseurs. Wilt u nieuwe ideeën opdoen voor verdienmodellen gericht op de combinatie van landbouw met natuur? Wilt u voorbeelden van wat natuur voor u kan betekenen en hoe u hierin stappen kunt zetten? Laat u dan inspireren door deze brochure. En ga samen met verschillende partijen om de tafel om een natuurinclusief verdienmodel samen te stellen

Using the methods designers use as aids to thinking the case of public-private partnerships in sustainable agricultural value chain development

In this paper, we share our experience of developing and executing a user centered design workshop for an interdisciplinary team of policy makers, planners, funders and implementers of public private partnerships (PPPs) for programs on sustainable agricultural value chain development. For an audience who will neither practice the design profession nor tend to apply the user centered design process in their day to day work, what can we offer as the essential takeaways from a day spent immersed in the human centered design experience?</p

Entrepreneurship, Collective Entrepreneurship and the Producer-Owned Firm

Entrepreneurship is predominantly associated with the activities of an individual actor – the entrepreneur. It has also been related to the concept of firm ownership (e.g. Foss and Klein, 2005). This may lead to the conjecture that a collectively-owned firm is a setting for collective entrepreneurship. However, such reasoning encounters a number of taxing questions. If entrepreneurship is usually related to the individual, how does the collective embody entrepreneurial spirit and lead to effective outcomes? These and other questions will be addressed in this paper, which is mainly based on a review of the literature. The paper starts by providing an overview of the different schools of (economic) thought on entrepreneurship. Subsequently we discuss the implications for the conceptualization of entrepreneurship when it is not carried out by an individual but by a group of people. Finally, the notion of collective entrepreneurship will be framed within the context of the producer-owned firm in agriculture, by considering conditions under which collective entrepreneurship can be attributed to the cooperative

How to build a successful business model with big data platforms?

A product lifecycle approach is used to describe the origin, history and development of current big data platforms, using literature sources, business case descriptions, interviews held with founding team members of platform businesses, and experiences in action research projects on big data platform development in Dutch agriculture. The paper concludes with an outlook on future developments and business models