Cooperative Performance and Board of Director Characteristics: A Quantitative Investigation

Keeling Bond, Jennifer J.

Cooperative Performance and Board of Director Characteristics: A Quantitative Investigation

Previous cooperative governance literature has relied primarily on qualitative data to recommend change. Using data provided by the USDA-Rural Business and Cooperative Services Agency (RBS) and collected from cooperative top managers we find statistical evidence that various board of director characteristics do affect a range of cooperative financial measures.

Keywords:

governance ; finance

Subject(s):

Agribusiness

Issue Date:

2005

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/19314

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/19314