• Agency Problems in Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives 

      Borgen, Svein Ole (NILF Working Paper;2002-3, Research report, 2002-01)
      The article evaluates the usefulness and shortcomings of agency theory as a framework for discussing the future of Norwegian agricultural cooperatives. The first argument is that agency theory ignores the significance of ...
    • Rethinking incentive problems in cooperative organizations 

      Borgen, Svein Ole (NILF Working Paper;2003-25, Research report, 2003-12)
      Many students of cooperative organizations have underscored that cooperatives are plagued by substantial incentive problems, so that members do not bear the full impact of their individual choices. It is argued that incentive ...