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Both a Cooperative and Multinational – International Market Strategies of Danish-Swedish Arla MD
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Business Studies. Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, ENTER forum.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0426-7936
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Business Studies. Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, ENTER forum.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9781-8276
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Business Studies. Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, ENTER forum.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8939-1105
2021 (English)In: Beyond Borders: Essays on Entrepreneurship, Co-operatives and Education in Sweden and Tanzania / [ed] Mikael Lönnborg; Benson Otieno Ndiege; Besrat Tesfaye, Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2021, p. 323-344Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter studies the internationalization of the Swedish–Danish dairy corporation Arla. During a period of 100 years the dairy sector went from being at the focus of national and regional interest, the industry has become global. In some geographical markets, or in particular market areas, these transnationals – corporations as well as cooperatives – may compete fiercely, and their growth strategy is often to merge with or acquire local producers. However, these multinational firms also actively cooperate in other areas (e.g. in branding or distribution) or on other geographical markets. This may take the form of strategic alliances, such as joint ventures. Thus, coopetition – cooperation and competition – has been a common recent strategy. In the case at focus in this study, Arla Foods a.m.b.a. mergers are conducted with cooperatives in European countries, while businesses that are located further away are taken care of through exports and joint ventures. The main contribution of this article is that it employs internationalization theory and places the globalization of cooperatives in the middle of the academic discussion about internationalization. A recommendation for further studies is to both dig deeper into the changing nature of cooperatives historically, but also to look closer at the strategic deals that global expansion of cooperatives is based on. 

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Huddinge: Södertörns högskola, 2021. p. 323-344
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Södertörn Academic Studies, ISSN 1650-433X ; 85
Keywords [en]
Cooperativism, Structural transformation, Dairy industry
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Economic History
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Politics, Economy and the Organization of Society
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-44934ISBN: 978-91-89109-61-2 (print)ISBN: 978-91-89109-62-9 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-44934DiVA, id: diva2:1542752
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A Contemporary Business History of the Dairy Industry – Processes of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Internationalization in the Baltic Sea Region, 1989-2018, The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
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The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 41/2016Available from: 2021-04-08 Created: 2021-04-08 Last updated: 2021-04-08Bibliographically approved

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