Imposing cooperation: the impact of institutions on the efficiency of cooperatives in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Galang, Roberto Martin N, Lavado, Rouselle F, White, George O, III, Francisco, Jamil Paolo
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Institutions; Energy sector; Emerging market; Utilities; Philippines; Performance; Cooperatives; Business; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/leadership-and-strategy-faculty-pubs/10; https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JABS-05-2019-0135/full/html
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Purpose The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How do cooperative organizations perform when created by government fiat in an emerging market? Through the use of institutional and agency theory, this paper presents a comparative analysis of the efficiency of the cooperative fo...