Review of the Recent Foreign Researches on Cooperative Governance

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the databases of EBSCO and SpringerLink, the recently foreign researches on cooperative governance with the main line of “Conception, Choicemaking of organization forms, Interior governing Researches” are reviewed, the basic trends in current research on foreign cooperative governance are presented, the transition of cooperative interior governing regulations and the shortage of relevant theories are revealed, and finally some advice for the future boom of cooperatives is put forward.

Key words: cooperative, cooperative governance, principalagent theory, social embeddedness theory, management paradox theory

摘要： 以EBSCO与SpringerLink为文献搜索数据库，以合作社概念—组织形式选择—内部治理研究为主线，对近期国外合作社治理研究文献进行整理评述，展现国外合作社治理研究的基本态势，剖析合作社内部治理规则的变迁与相关理论的不足，并展望合作社组织形式的未来发展。

关键词: 合作社, 合作社治理, 委托—代理理论, 社会嵌入理论, 管理悖论

CHEN Hanhui. Review of the Recent Foreign Researches on Cooperative Governance[J]. , 2014, 14(5): 63-70.

陈汉辉. 近期国外合作社治理研究文献综述[J]. 重庆交通大学学报（社会科学版）, 2014, 14(5): 63-70.

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