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Agricultural Economics 4972/7972
Agri-Food Business &
Cooperative Management
University of Missouri
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Instructor |
Associate Kristi Livingston 882-0140 |
Administrative Assistant: |
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Assignments
Week 1 - January 18, 2011
Introduction to: Ownership Structures and Collective Entrepreneurship
Work Assignment 1, Instructions on the Handout - Due Jan. 25, 2011. (50 points)
Take Home Quiz - Due January 25 (100 points)
Reading Assignment 1
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Henry Hansmann, The Ownership
of Enterprise, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996
pp
11-20 Part I, Chapter I, An Analytic
Framework
Week 2 - January 25 and 27, 2011
Reading Assignment
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Henry Hansmann, The Ownership
of Enterprise, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1996
pp 1-8
Introduction
pp 11-23
Part I: Chapter 1, An Analytic Framework - Finish Chapter 1
pp 24-29
- Dominate these 6 pages
Week 4 - February 8 and 10, 2011
Reading Assignment:
- "Factors Critical to the Success or Failure of
Emerging Agricultural Cooperatives," Sexton & Iskow, pp 1-18 (Gianini
Foundation Information Series, No. 88-3)
Week 7 - March 3, 2011
Reading Assignment
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Read Chapter 4, Henry Hansmann, The Ownership
of Enterprise
Week 8 - March 8, 2011
First Search Journal Due
Reread Chapters 3 and 4, Henry Hansmann, The Ownership of Enterprise
Begin reading:
1.
Cooperative Ownership Compared to Other Business Arrangements for Multi-Family
Dairy Operations by Greg Lawless, Dr. Robert Cropp and Dr. Phil Harris, UCC
Occasional Paper No. 11, April, 1996.
2.
Comparison of Five Business Structure Alternatives for Closely-Held Joint
Ventures, a table that accompanies the above article.
Week 8 - March 10, 2011