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Avkastning i de kooperativa energiföretagen
University of Skövde, School of Business.
University of Skövde, School of Business.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 15 credits / 22,5 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Return in cooperative energy companies (English)
Abstract [sv]

Sverige står inför en stor omställning inom energisektorn. Det finns mål om mycket mer förnybar energi som kräver mer kraftanläggningar de kommande åren. Men redan nu har många anläggningar för förnybar kraft kommit till. En del i det har varit de kooperativa energiföretagen som detta arbetet kommer fördjupa sig inom. Mer specifikt kommer det att undersökas vad medlemmar i kooperativen får ut ekonomiskt av sina medlemskap. Detta sker genom att primärt undersöka avkastningen på eget kapital. Mer forskning om kooperation är också efterfrågat av såväl företagsledare som akademin, som båda anser att kooperationen är negligerad inom forskningen.

39 ekonomiska föreningar inom energibranschen ingick i denna studien. Begränsning skedde till dem som är registrerade som arbetsgivare. Föreningarnas avkastning på eget kapital har tagits fram som helhet och vidare undersöks faktorer som påverkar avkastningen. Faktorerna har tagit fram med hjälp av resursbaserad teori och kan vara egenskaper hos företag eller vissa bolagstyper. En kvantitativ metod har använts där främst hypotesprövning har använts.

Undersökningen kom fram till några faktorer som påverkar avkastningen och ett par faktorer som inte riktigt klarar kraven som våra metoder kräver, men som är nära att göra det. Medlemsengagemang som resurs ökar avkastningen på eget kapital och minskar personalkostnaderna. Engagemanget minskar dock desto större kooperativet blir. Vindkraftskooperativ är vidare mer lönsamma ju äldre kraftverk dem har. I övrigt kan noteras att signifikanta resultat är nära för att elhandelsföretag och fjärrvärmeproducenter är mer lönsamma än övriga kooperativa energiföretag med personal.

Abstract [en]

Sweden is approaching a major change within its energy sector. There are goals for renewable energy that requires the construction of more facilities Although, a lot of facilities for renewable energy have already been constructed. Which the cooperative energy companies have been a part of, which this paper will focus on. More specifically, this paper will examine their members' financial gains from their memberships. This has been conducted primarily by looking at return on equity. More studies about cooperatives is requested by both corporate leaders and academics who both agree that cooperatives are neglected in research.

39 cooperatives from the energy sector were included in this study. The study was limited to those who were registered as employers. The cooperative companies return on equity was calculated as a whole and thereafter the factors which had an effect on it were examined. The factors were picked with the help of a resource based view and could for example be a company's properties or type of company. A quantitative method has been used with hypothesis testing.

This paper concludes that some factors affect the return on equity and two other factors were on the verge of affecting it, but did not pass the requirements that our methods demanded. The members' engagement as a resource increases both the return on equity and decreases personnel costs. However, the engagement becomes lower the larger the cooperative becomes. Moreover, the windpower cooperatives had higher returns the older their plants were. Also, we noticed that companies within electricity trading and district heating are close to receiving significant levels regarding their companies being more profitable than the other cooperative energy companies who were registered as employers. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 78
Keywords [en]
Cooperatives, ROE, return on equity, energy sector
Keywords [sv]
Ekonomiska föreningar, kooperativ, ROE, avkastning på eget kapital, energibranschen
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-21560OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-21560DiVA, id: diva2:1680607
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Business Administration
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Business Administration Accounting and Auditing
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Available from: 2022-07-04 Created: 2022-07-04 Last updated: 2022-07-04Bibliographically approved

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