Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration

<p>Spanish agri-food cooperative movement is characterized by great economic, social and geographical development. However, among its main weaknesses it can be highlighted their significant fragmentation, with many entities of very small size, which places them in a situation of vulnerability...

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Autores principales: Elena Meliá Martí, Manuel Peris Mendoza
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:92339b06c7414b0fa3a77f6ba33ab3e42021-11-12T13:14:39ZAgri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration1135-66181885-803110.5209/REVE.58614https://doaj.org/article/92339b06c7414b0fa3a77f6ba33ab3e42018-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/REVE/article/view/58614https://doaj.org/toc/1135-6618https://doaj.org/toc/1885-8031<p>Spanish agri-food cooperative movement is characterized by great economic, social and geographical development. However, among its main weaknesses it can be highlighted their significant fragmentation, with many entities of very small size, which places them in a situation of vulnerability in the market.</p><p>In this context, Law 13/2013, to promote associative integration, with the figure of the Priority Associative Entity (PAE), and RD 550/2014, which establishes the requirements and the procedure for its recognition, must influence the size of cooperative organizations.</p><p>Faced with this reality, this paper analyzes the potential achievement of the objectives set out in the Law 13/2013 (with its current configuration), to increase the size of Spanish agri-food cooperatives, which to date has had a limited aplication (only 6 entities have obtained the PAE recognition). For that purpose, it has been prepared a survey of the 274 Spanish cooperatives with largest sections. At the same time, it analyzes if the reason for such scarce application lies in the level of difficulty in reaching the minimum requirements established in it.</p><p>Through the survey, it has been studied:</p><p>- The expected degree of achievement of the four objectives of the Law, paying particular attention to the increase of the size of cooperatives according to their size,</p><p>- The level of difficulty to meet the requirements established to be recognized as a PAE.</p>Elena Meliá MartíManuel Peris MendozaAECOOP Escuela de Estudios CooperativosarticleIntegración cooperativaCooperativa agroalimentariaEntidad Asociativa PrioritariaConcentración empresarial.Economics as a scienceHB71-74ENESRevista de Estudios Cooperativos, Vol 126, Iss 0, Pp 177-197 (2018)
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ES
topic Integración cooperativa
Cooperativa agroalimentaria
Entidad Asociativa Prioritaria
Concentración empresarial.
Economics as a science
HB71-74
spellingShingle Integración cooperativa
Cooperativa agroalimentaria
Entidad Asociativa Prioritaria
Concentración empresarial.
Economics as a science
HB71-74
Elena Meliá Martí
Manuel Peris Mendoza
Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
description <p>Spanish agri-food cooperative movement is characterized by great economic, social and geographical development. However, among its main weaknesses it can be highlighted their significant fragmentation, with many entities of very small size, which places them in a situation of vulnerability in the market.</p><p>In this context, Law 13/2013, to promote associative integration, with the figure of the Priority Associative Entity (PAE), and RD 550/2014, which establishes the requirements and the procedure for its recognition, must influence the size of cooperative organizations.</p><p>Faced with this reality, this paper analyzes the potential achievement of the objectives set out in the Law 13/2013 (with its current configuration), to increase the size of Spanish agri-food cooperatives, which to date has had a limited aplication (only 6 entities have obtained the PAE recognition). For that purpose, it has been prepared a survey of the 274 Spanish cooperatives with largest sections. At the same time, it analyzes if the reason for such scarce application lies in the level of difficulty in reaching the minimum requirements established in it.</p><p>Through the survey, it has been studied:</p><p>- The expected degree of achievement of the four objectives of the Law, paying particular attention to the increase of the size of cooperatives according to their size,</p><p>- The level of difficulty to meet the requirements established to be recognized as a PAE.</p>
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author Elena Meliá Martí
Manuel Peris Mendoza
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Manuel Peris Mendoza
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title Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
title_short Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
title_full Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
title_fullStr Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
title_full_unstemmed Agri-food cooperatives integration processes. From the norm to the reality. Special reference to the Law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
title_sort agri-food cooperatives integration processes. from the norm to the reality. special reference to the law 12/2013 to promote the cooperative integration
publisher AECOOP Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos
publishDate 2018
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