%0 Journal Article %T Cooperative case studies from three countries: Is membership a problem or a solution in the 21 st century? %+ Faculty of Business and Economics [Pécs] %+ Formation et apprentissages professionnels (FoAP) %+ Département Sciences Humaines et Sociales ENSTA Bretagne (ENSTA Bretagne_SHS) %+ Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) %A Kispál-Vitai, Zsuzsanna %A Regnard, Yann %A Kövesi, Klara %A Guillotte, Claude-André %< avec comité de lecture %@ 1588-9726 %J Society and Economy %I Akadémiai Kiadó %P 1-19 %8 2019-10-09 %D 2019 %R 10.1556/204.2019.012 %K cooperatives %K case study research %K social infl uence %K values %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and FinanceJournal articles %X The operations of the cooperative organization are an actively debated issue. The effi ciency and viability of this organizational form still pose many unanswered questions. The literature is not unequivocal in evaluating the merits and drawbacks of this organization. This article provides empirical evidence from research about cooperatives covering three countries (Canada, France and Hungary) and tests theoretical hypotheses in the framework of organizational economics and cooperative theory. The fi ndings point towards the positive infl uence of the social environment and cooperative values on organizational choice. The results prove the continued relevance of this type of organization in the 21 st century in agriculture in all three researched countries. JEL-codes: Q13, L0 %G English %2 https://ensta-bretagne.hal.science/hal-02351404/document %2 https://ensta-bretagne.hal.science/hal-02351404/file/Kispal-Vitai%20at%20al.%20%282019%29%20Society%20and%20Economy.pdf %L hal-02351404 %U https://ensta-bretagne.hal.science/hal-02351404 %~ SHS %~ ENSTA-BRETAGNE %~ CNAM %~ CDFT-CNAM %~ AO-ECONOMIE %~ ENSTA-BRETAGNE-SHS %~ AGREENIUM %~ FAP %~ TEST3-HALCNRS %~ HESAM-CNAM %~ HESAM %~ INSTITUT-AGRO