The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in India
This study presents a process narrative of how cooperatives emerge during periods of economic disruption. Cooperative organizations are pluralistic and embedded in existing local economic contexts. Yet, the role that such organizations play can be pronounced when economic disruption occurs in the ab...
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| description | This study presents a process narrative of how cooperatives emerge during periods of economic disruption. Cooperative organizations are pluralistic and embedded in existing local economic contexts. Yet, the role that such organizations play can be pronounced when economic disruption occurs in the absence of well-established institutions to support cooperative ideology. This study uses the Structuration and Panarchy frameworks to examine the dynamics of Amul’s emergence, where individual producers organized against the existing structure of production in a period characterized by reorganization at the broader macro level. The study complements insights from economic and social perspectives while presenting a view of how individuals organize economically in the context of disruption. The narrative broadens the view of when collective action becomes possible and what explains sustained socio-economic value creation from such enterprises. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2dcd1cd82e44f288a311eae39c1ecc12025-08-20T03:30:24ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872025-05-0115621410.3390/admsci15060214The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in IndiaAbhijit Ghosh0Abhirup Chakrabarti1Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8, CanadaSmith School of Business, Queens University, Kingston, ON K7L 2Z8, CanadaThis study presents a process narrative of how cooperatives emerge during periods of economic disruption. Cooperative organizations are pluralistic and embedded in existing local economic contexts. Yet, the role that such organizations play can be pronounced when economic disruption occurs in the absence of well-established institutions to support cooperative ideology. This study uses the Structuration and Panarchy frameworks to examine the dynamics of Amul’s emergence, where individual producers organized against the existing structure of production in a period characterized by reorganization at the broader macro level. The study complements insights from economic and social perspectives while presenting a view of how individuals organize economically in the context of disruption. The narrative broadens the view of when collective action becomes possible and what explains sustained socio-economic value creation from such enterprises.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/6/214cooperative formationeconomic hostilityentrepreneurial dynamismbusiness history |
| spellingShingle | Abhijit Ghosh Abhirup Chakrabarti The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in India Administrative Sciences cooperative formation economic hostility entrepreneurial dynamism business history |
| title | The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in India |
| title_full | The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in India |
| title_fullStr | The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in India |
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| title_short | The Emergence of a Cooperative Amidst Economic Disruption: A Historical Narrative of Amul Coop in India |
| title_sort | emergence of a cooperative amidst economic disruption a historical narrative of amul coop in india |
| topic | cooperative formation economic hostility entrepreneurial dynamism business history |
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