United Producers Inc. Chapter 11 Restructuring
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Cooperatives have been used as examples of successful collective action activities.
However, member free riding within cooperatives and other collective action
groups continues to be a challenge. The board of directors and management
of United Producers Inc. confronted the member free riding issue when creating
a restructuring plan after their Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. The plan integrated
three strategies which have been proposed to mitigate free riding in large groups;
coercion, a federated organizational structure, and selective incentives. This article
compares Mancur Olson’s theoretical framework for addressing free riding behavior
with United Producers Inc. restructuring plan.