Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/84335 
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Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Serie Documentos de Trabajo No. 508
Publisher: 
Universidad del Centro de Estudios Macroeconómicos de Argentina (UCEMA), Buenos Aires
Abstract: 
Members of cooperatives are patrons and owners simultaneously, which turns out to be a consequential feature ingrained in that sort of business associations. This paper puts forward some contributions to the subject. Firstly, it defines a primary cooperative, making hence a contrast with cooperatives of cooperatives and shaping up their distinctive incremental cash-flow structure. Secondly, it focuses on some governance attributes depicted by patronage dividends in their quest for cash flows from assets. Lastly, it points out that the pursuit of growth poses a threat to primary cooperatives, entailing both governance risks and costs whenever these organizations increase in size and scope.
Subjects: 
cooperatives
patronage dividends
cooperatives governance
incremental cash flows
governance risks
governance costs
patrons
JEL: 
G32
G34
R10
Q13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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