Synergetic Structure Types and Mechanisms of Multiple New Agricultural Business Entities under Village-Community Integration

Abstract

This paper examines the collaborative development of diverse new agricultural business entities in the context of urban-rural structural transformation. Drawing on collaborative governance theory, it develops an analytical framework based on four core dimensions: power structure, resource integration, responsibility allocation, and interest linkage. Through multi-case comparison within a unified institutional setting, three collaborative structure types are identified: authority-integrated, platform-empowered, and hierarchical-responsibility models, each associated with specific resource conditions and development stages. The study’s main contribution lies in linking collaborative structure types with phases of rural development, highlighting their stage-specific and context-dependent nature. It reveals an evolutionary path from centralized mobilization to institutionalized division of labor and further to responsibility-based specialization. In addition, three key mechanisms-resource capitalization, interest embedding, and industrial extension-are identified to explain how multi-stakeholder collaboration is realized. Overall, the paper proposes a broadly applicable analytical framework that enriches theoretical understanding and offers practical insights for optimizing rural organizational models.