농업부문 신생 협동조합 사업활성화 요인과 네트워크 영향탐색에 관한 연구 -협동조합 유형별 특성과 사례를 중심으로-

Abstract

This study analyzes determinant factors for sustainability of the new agricultural cooperatives established by the Framework Act on Cooperatives of 2012 in Korea. It was found that the most explanatory variable was the business network of cooperatives to increase their business turnovers. Based on this result, the study suggested to build a suitable network model for different kinds of cooperatives. producer cooperatives and employees cooperatives in rural area will do better to build their business networks with same sector cooperatives in urban area to create a firm business relationship in applying the cooperation among cooperatives principle, whilst reducing the asymmetric information between two areas. It was also found that consumer cooperatives and multi-stakeholders cooperatives had their comparative advantages in accessing a lower price and high quality goods from producer cooperatives and employees cooperatives. Therefore, it is recommendable especially for multi-stakeholders cooperatives to be organized by a localized business networks from the startup. Empirically, a business network model established in Hwasung City in Gyeonggi Province provided many implications to interested policy makers, new cooperatives and local agricultural cooperatives who wish to construct a value-chain business network in a region among the three parties. Through the network, the primary production cooperatives can acquire their stable relationships and sustainabilities in the future and contribute to development to the area.