Research Reports
Benchmarking the socio-economic performance of the EU social economy
This European Commission study, coordinated by Euricse in cooperation with Ciriec International and Spatial Foresight, aims to understand the weight of the social economy in the European context and its contribution to the creation of a sustainable, innovative and resilient environment.
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Community hubs: multifunctional spaces between urban regeneration and social regeneration
The report analyses Community hubs, multifunctional and multi-purpose spaces that accommodate different activities and social actors. These initiatives respond to community needs by developing community services and encouraging active participation and co-creation of new projects.
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Community enterprises in Italy. Distinctive traits and development pathways
This report focuses on the study of Community Enterprises in Italy, with particular attention to their development over the past two years, analyzing their territorial and organizational characteristics.
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WORKING IN COOPERATIVES TODAY. The voice of new care professionals and turn-over in social enterprises
This research aims to explore the different causes of youth turnover, analyzing motivations, job attractions, organizational dynamics, and the ability of cooperatives to engage and retain young people, with a focus on the context and the relationship between private social and public administration.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2023
Based on 2021 financial data, the report by Euricse and the International Cooperative Alliance explores the economic and social impact of major global cooperatives, presenting a ranking of the Top 300 by sector, including employment data. The 2023 edition presents a focus on the benefits offered by these organizations to their members
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CIVIL SERVICE AS A TOOL FOR CITIZENSHIP AND JOB TRAINING. The SCUP experience in the Province of Trento
This research evaluates the role of civil service in accompanying young people in their transition to adulthood, considering challenges and prospects for improvement. It focuses on the universal civil service in the province of Trento (SCUP).
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Community-supported agriculture in Italy
This research report investigates Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Italy, alternative models of agro-food production and consumption based on solidarity, sustainability and direct relationships between producers and consumers.
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Renewable energy communities in Italy. From theory to practice
The report analyzes the role of RECs (Renewable Energy Communities) in Italy and highlights their contribution to social, economic and environmental transformation.
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COOPERATION IN ITALY: Distinctive Features and Development Trajectories
The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic, employment, and social situation of cooperatives in Italy, with the aim of informing cooperative members and providing indications for appropriate support policies.
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PROXIMITY AND HEALTH: Towards new models of integrated social and healthcare assistance
This study focuses on the new models of integrated social and healthcare assistance, that emphasizes the active participation of local communities in policy and service making. The document o highlight the role of Third Sector entities within an integrated social and healthcare assistance model in Italy.
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The practice of mutuality in Trentino Cooperative Bank System
The report analyzes the social function of Trentino Cooperative Credit based on information and indicators, providing an update from the first edition in 2021.
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Production and Employment Chains: Examples of collaboration between work integration social enterpreises and conventional enterpreises in Croatia, Spain and France
This research report analyzes a number of case studies and major European policies targeting job placement and training of disadvantaged people through collaborations between job placement social enterprises and conventional enterprises.
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Production and Employment Chains: New Concrete Opportunities for Social Cooperatives in Trentino
Euricse, with the support of Fondazione Caritro, conducted this research to explore opportunities for collaboration between Trentino companies and social cooperatives to promote the employment of disadvantaged people
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BUILDING SERVICES AND INTERVENTIONS: co-design in practice
This third and concluding report on collaborative welfare places special emphasis on the operational dimension of co-design, believing it to be a key element in the success of new collaborations between public administration and the Third Sector.
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ENABLING COLLABORATION. Prerequisites, constraints and conditions of co-design in Italy
This Report explores, through the interviews and materials collected, the conditions that enable co-design and constitute the prerequisites around which to build processes of real sharing of intentions and objectives of local welfare governance between the public and Third Sector in Italy.
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THE NEW COLLABORATIVE WELFARE IN ITALY: Co-programming and Co-design as tools for local welfare innovation
The national survey on collaborative welfare, conducted by Euricse with the support of the Autonomous Province of Trento, offers a summary framework to better understand what works and what still needs to be fine-tuned in the collaborative practices between public administration and the private social sector envisioned by the Third Sector Code.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2022
This report offers a quantitative analysis and economic weight of the cooperative movement worldwide. It is produced annually by the International Cooperative Alliance with scientific support from Euricse. The 2022 edition also puts the focus on the use of digital tools to strengthen and consolidate cooperative identity.
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Between health and welfare services: a chain to be recomposed. Evolution and role of the Third Sector Entities in Italy
This report examines the role of the Third Sector in health and social welfare services in Italy: a snapshot of the sector in terms of quantity and comparison between the different regions of Italy and other European states, with reference to spending and the supply of services, broadening the field to health, care, and social protection.
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Report on trends and challenges for work integration social enterprises (WISEs) in Europe. Current situation of skills gaps, especially in the digital area
The report maps the Work Integration Social Enterprises sector in the European Union and highlights the challenges faced by these organizations in supporting workers who need support, especially on the digitization front.
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Enterprising Communities in Italy
The first Euricse report on Enterprising Communities in Italy provides a general mapping of community-based self-organization experiences to study their distinctive features, innovative elements, the contexts that generate them, and the main factors that explain their durability over time.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2021
The World Cooperative Monitor report explores the economic and social impact of the largest cooperatives and mutuals worldwide. 2021 marks the 10th edition of this annual research report.
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Cooperation in Trentino: structure, role and dynamics during the pandemic
The analyses proposed by the Trentino Cooperative Report highlight the difficulties sustained by some sectors during the pandemic, but also the challenges and opportunities that emerged.
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Financial mechanisms for innovative social and solidarity economy ecosystems: The case of Italy
This study presents an analysis of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in Italy and the financial mechanisms available to Italian SSE organizations to finance their operations and investments.
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Reception and inclusion of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants in Italy. Challenges and evolutionary dynamics
Starting with a preliminary analysis of migration trends at the international level, the book focuses on the critical issues and limitations of Italian immigration legislation.
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Networks among enterprises for work placement
The study of the network contract in this report illustrates its potential to strengthen social cooperatives and more effectively and strategically structure their relationships with other social cooperatives and traditional businesses.
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The practice of mutuality in Trentino cooperative credit
This report provides a collection of useful information and indicators to assess the social function performed by Trentino cooperative credit.
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The social and economic impact of the Autonomous Province of Trento’s “Progettone”
This is the report on the social and economic impact of the public intervention born in 1985 in Trentino, a virtuous model of placing unemployed people in public utility work.
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The social economy in Italy. Size, characteristics and key sectors
This report, produced together with ISTAT, takes a snapshot in its entirety of the sector formed by cooperatives, associations, mutuals, nonprofit institutions and social enterprises in Italy.
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WORLD COOPERATIVE MONITOR 2020
This report brings together economic, organizational and social data on global cooperatives, offering a quantitative analysis of the cooperative movement worldwide. It is produced annually by the International Cooperative Alliance with scientific support from Euricse.
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Impact of the Social Business Initiative and its follow-up measures
This study carried out by Spatial Foresight with Euricse and the European Center for Social Finance on behalf of the European Commission, analyses the impact of the Social Business Initiative on the development of social enterprises and other social economy organizations and their operating environments at national and EU levels.
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Elderly welfare reform in the Province of Trento. From the model to the tools for its implementation
This report presents the results of the multi-year research project aimed at an in-depth analysis of recent and ongoing transformations in welfare systems.
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Community enterprises and the commons. An evolving phenomenon
The analysis aims to capture the relevance and potential of community enterprises for local development, starting with the specifics that distinguish these forms of enterprise.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2019
The 2019 Report explores the economic and social impact of the world's largest cooperatives and mutuals, providing rankings of the top 300, sector rankings, and a special analysis of the top 300 and the eighth UN Sustainable Development Goal (inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all - SDG 8).
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Social Enterprises and their Ecosystems in Europe
This is a comparative synthesis report that is part of the study "Social Enterprises and their Ecosystems in Europe" and provides an updated overview of the mapping of social enterprises in Europe based on information available as of January 2020. It is a publication prepared by Euricse and EMES Network on behalf of the European Commission, EaSI Program (Employment and Social Innovation, 2014-2020).
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Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems
This report presents the results of the project "Financial Mechanisms for Innovative Social and Solidarity Economy Ecosystems," designed to foster a better understanding of the different ways in which financial resources can be made available and accessible to support the growth of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations and their ecosystems.
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Cooperation in Trentino. Strengths and challenges for the local economy
This two-part report measures the spread and relevance of cooperatives active in the province of Trento and explores the recent evolution and possible lines of development of the main cooperative sectors.
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The agricultural cooperative between tradition and innovation. The case of the province of Trento
This report presents the results that emerged from research conducted by Euricse, supported by the Federazione Trentina della Cooperazione and dedicated to the analysis of new specialized skills in sales, marketing, conservation and production techniques.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2018
The World Cooperative Monitor is a project designed to collect robust economic, organizational, and social data about co-operatives, mutual organisations and non- co-operative organisations controlled by co-operatives worldwide. It is the only report of its kind collecting annual quantitative data on the global co-operative movement. 2018 marks the seventh…
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IHCO Report 2017: Assessing the worldwide contribution of cooperatives to healthcare.
The first edition of the "Cooperative Health Report: Assessing the Global Contribution of Cooperatives to Health Care" is an exploratory study conducted by Euricse in collaboration with the International Health Co-operative Organization (IHCO). The research project presented in this report uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore this topic.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2017
The World Co-operative Monitor is a project designed to collect robust economic, organizational, and social data about co-operatives, mutual organisations and non- co-operative organisations controlled by co-operatives worldwide. It is the only report of its kind collecting annual quantitative data on the global co-operative movement. 2017 marks the sixth…
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Social and Solidarity Economy and the Future of Work
This publication presents the main theoretical arguments and empirical evidence on the features and role of social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations, specifically on its potential to create and preserve decent work. The publication also underlines the SSE’s capacity to create jobs in emerging sectors, for example in the silver economy, and to contribute to the formalization of the informal economy.
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Size and evolution of the Italian cooperative economy in 2014
This report aims to update the findings of the Third Report by offering a picture of the relevance of cooperatives in 2014 and their dynamics in the two-year period 2013-2014 with the objective of verifying the consequences of the choices made in previous years.
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Italy’s Worker Buyouts in Times of Crisis
This report focuses on Italy’s experiences with worker-recuperated enterprises as worker buyouts (WBOs). They have been facilitated by Italy’s extensive cooperative, business, and labour legislation and enabling environment, spearheaded by its Legge Marcora (Marcora Law) policy and funding framework - a unique collaboration for business rescues and saving jobs between workers, the state, and the cooperative movement.
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Identifying Processes and Policies Conducive to Cooperative Development in Africa
The research focuses on cooperative development programs conducted in the agricultural sector of African countries by cooperative enterprises and cooperative development organizations (CDOs) linked to North American and European cooperative movements.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2016
This report provides a quantitative analysis and economic weight of the cooperative movement worldwide. It is produced annually by the International Cooperative Alliance with scientific support from Euricse. This year's edition also includes a special section focusing on consumer cooperatives in the wholesale and retail sectors.
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Policy Brief on Scaling the Impact of Social Enterprises
This paper is another result of Euricse's collaboration with OECD-LEED on various research activities concerning the monitoring and comparison of approaches to policies and programs and the collection and dissemination of good practices in European countries.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2015
The main objective of the World Co-operative Monitor project is to develop a ranking of the largest cooperative and mutual organizations globally. The 2015 edition of the World Cooperative Monitor report was officially unveiled during the ICA (International Co-operatives Alliance) World Conference, held Nov. 10-13, 2015, in Antalya, Turkey.
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Italy 2015 Report. Introduction and summary
The analysis shows that in Italy cooperatives as a whole contribute very significantly to gross domestic product formation and employment, and that cooperatives have really responded to the crisis in a markedly different way from other forms of enterprise.
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Cooperative Economy. Relevance, evolution and new frontiers of Italian cooperation
The survey returns an estimate of the economic and employment relevance of the cooperative system in the year 2013-the last for which a sufficiently complete database is available-and analyzes the dynamics experienced by Italian cooperatives during the years 2011-2013 and the crisis years (2008-2013), including in relation to other forms of enterprise.
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The economic and employment value of cooperation in 2013 and its development in the years 2011-2013
The third Euricse Report on cooperation in Italy aims to analyse the economic and employment dimensions of the cooperative sector during 2011-2013 using the Aida-Bureau van Dijk database and INPS archives.
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Italian industrial cooperatives: performance and strategies for growth
This paper examines the countercyclical behavior of cooperatives during economic crises, focusing on Italian cooperatives active in the industrial and business services sectors, sectors that have been strongly affected by the economic crisis.
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The evolution of cooperative credit between 2012 and 2014
The objective of this report is to analyze the evolution of Cooperative Credit Banks (BCCs) up to 2014 and in subsequent years, considering the challenges and opportunities in the Italian banking environment, particularly in relation to governance, transparency, and crisis management.
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What is the economic value of Italian agricultural cooperation?
The report aims to analyze the role of agriculture in the Italian economy, with a focus on the contribution of agricultural cooperatives. The aim is to fully understand the impact of these cooperatives on the national economy in the Italian agricultural and socio-economic context.
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Italian cooperatives between 2008 and 2013: economic, asset and employment dynamics
The aim of the report is to examine how Italian firms reacted to the economic crisis according to business sector, size and target markets, with different consequences such as closures, downsizing or growth sustained by innovations and market expansion.
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Cooperatives and corporations: two different ways of reacting to the crisis
The objective of this report is to delve into the behavior of cooperatives compared to joint stock companies during the economic crisis, extending the analysis to 2013 and comparing limited liability companies as well.
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The determinants of the performance of different forms of enterprises between 2004 and 2012
The objective of this report is to analyze the behavior of cooperatives compared to other forms of enterprises during the economic crisis, including considering the pre-crisis period and identifying the factors influencing this diversity of behavior.
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Who contributes more to public finance? Coops and spas compared
This paper is part of the Third Euricse | 2015 report "Cooperative Economy. Relevance, evolution and new frontiers of Italian cooperation".
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Social cooperation: economic and employment dynamics between 2008 and 2013
The report examines the performance of social cooperatives in Italy from 2008 to 2013, focusing on their economic and employment dynamics during the crisis. The goal is to fully understand the performance of social cooperatives up to 2013, to provide a comprehensive view of their role in the Italian economic context.
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Cooperative credit in the crisis years: a territorial analysis
The report analyzes changes in cooperative credit during the economic crisis of 2008-2014, focusing on regional differences and the role of area banks. It examines strategies to mitigate disadvantages, as well as spatial and temporal dynamics of the impact of the crisis on credit and customer relations, comparing Italian macroregions.
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Credit cooperatives and Italian enterprises in the second phase of the crisis
This report analyzes the impacts of the economic crisis on bank-business relationships in Italy from 2008 to 2014. It focuses on the change in credit, the consequences of the reduction in business financing, and the deterioration in the quality of bank loans.
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Recovered enterprises in Italy
The aim of the report is to analyze the Workers' Buyout (WBO) phenomenon in Italy, examining the creation and evolution of the work cooperatives born from this process, in order to assess their sustainability over time and the actual opportunity for workers.
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Community cooperatives
The objective of the report is to investigate the phenomenon of community cooperatives by examining their current institutional nature and their development from previous forms of cooperation.
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Role of cooperation in the recovery of confiscated assets
The report aims to examine the role of social cooperation in the recovery of assets confiscated from criminal organizations, assessing how cooperatives can contribute to the regeneration of social capital and the promotion of social cohesion.
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Costs and benefits of work integration social cooperatives
The aim of the report is to assess the societal and economic impact of social cooperatives for work integration in Italy, utilizing cost-benefit analysis to quantify savings in public expenditure and examining the cooperatives' role in providing employment to disadvantaged workers.
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For whom and how many does social cooperation work?
The aim of the report is to analyze the role of social cooperatives in Italy, focusing on user engagement and the benefits of the services provided, in order to bridge the information gap and improve the relationship between social cooperatives and users.
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Identification of a European job profile for cooperative managers
The report aims to analyze and provide a comprehensive overview of the training needs and managerial profiles within the participating cooperative organizations in the European Coop Campus project, with the goal of developing a common professional profile and identifying training priorities.
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Facets of participation and sociality: the role of consumer cooperation in the province of Trento
The report aims to thoroughly analyze the dynamics of consumer cooperatives in the province of Trento to understand the role of cooperatives in meeting the needs of members and contributing to community well-being.
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Legal nature and organizational models of volunteer service centers
The aim of the report is to provide a comprehensive and systematic analysis of volunteer service centers, filling a gap in the specialist literature and contributing to the understanding and development of these structures within the framework of the volunteer funding management system.
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The third way for local public services: potential and limitations of user cooperatives
The aim of the research is to explore citizen-user cooperation as an alternative to traditional models for local public services, focusing on water services in Trento and Rovereto, and proposing adaptations to enhance effectiveness in urban and medium-large contexts.
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Habitability in Trento – An interpretive framework
The research report shows the distribution of factors that influence the habitability of the city of Trent on a neighborhood scale, affecting residents' settlement choices.
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The reuse of railway facilities for social purposes: case studies and directions for management
The aim of the report is to examine the regeneration of real estate for collective interest purposes, focusing on the conversion of railway properties into facilities for the reception and initial assistance of homeless individuals.
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Coop and member participation in the European Year of Volunteering
This report presents the results of a survey conducted in 2011 among a representative sample of consumer cooperatives participating in the ANCC-Coop system.
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Does job placement benefit only the disadvantaged?
The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of employment inclusion policies promoted by social cooperatives, both within and outside the Unified Social Consortium G. Zorzetto (C.S.U.), on the public administration budget, with particular attention to a specific geographic area.
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Agricultural social cooperation in Italy. An overview from chamber data
The aim of the report is to analyze the distribution and characteristics of social cooperatives active in the agricultural sector in Italy, using chamber data from 2009, in order to understand the role and impact of social agriculture in the national context.
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Competition and operativeness of the cooperative credit system in the Province of Trento
The study analyzes the evolution of the cooperative credit system in the province of Trento over the last decade, focusing in particular on the conditions of competition, both between cooperative credit banks and other types of banks, and within the cooperative credit system itself.
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User cooperation in Italy: case studies
The study, part of a broader research on user cooperatives in local public services, focuses on case studies conducted through open interviews integrated with chamber data and information on cooperative budgets.
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User cooperatives in the USA
The study, part of a broader research on user cooperatives in local public services, focuses on case studies conducted through open interviews integrated with chamber data and information on cooperative budgets. The sectors analyzed are energy, water services and telecommunications.
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Statutory autonomy and member withdrawal in cooperative companies
The aim of this report is to analyze the legal framework concerning the withdrawal of members in cooperative societies, examining the reasons for withdrawal and the role of statutory autonomy, in order to assess criteria and methods for regulating this practice, including the implementation of withdrawal policies within the cooperative system.
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User cooperatives in Italy and Europe
The aim of this report is to reconsider the role of cooperatives in the context of the liberalization of public services, examining their suitability as an organizational form and analyzing Italian and European experiences in the sector.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2014
The World Co-operative Monitor is a project designed to develop a ranking of the biggest co-operatives and mutual organizations worldwide based not only on turnover but also on social value.
The 2014 report was officially released at the International Summit of Co-operatives on October 8th, 2014.
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Italian cooperation in the years of the crisis. 2nd report on cooperation in Italy
This volume is published in collaboration with Area Studi Confcooperative and Centro Studi Legacoop. It portrays the Italian cooperation sector during the period 2008- 2011 and it provides a comparison with other forms of enterprises and several in-depht analysis of the different economic sectors.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2013
The World Co-operative Monitor is a project designed to develop a ranking of the biggest co-operatives and mutual organizations worldwide based not only on turnover but also on social value.
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World Cooperative Monitor 2012
The World Co-operative Monitor is a project launched, with the scientific support of Euricse, by the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA). It is designed to develop a ranking of the biggest co-operatives and mutual organizations worldwide based not only on turnover but also on social value.
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Towards a system of indicators to define the “good” rural fund
The aim of this report is to assess the performance of rural banks in Trentino compared to an ideal model of a "good rural bank" by developing and applying an indicator system, in order to provide recommendations for improvement and optimization of banking practices.
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Cooperation in Italy – 1st Euricse Report
The aim of this research conducted by Euricse is to investigate the economic significance of the Italian cooperative system by analyzing its quantitative dimensions, recent evolution, and comparing theory with the reality of cooperative enterprises.
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The Controversial Effects of Microfinance on Child Schooling: A Retrospective Approach
The aim of this report is to present a new method for assessing the impact of microfinance on children's education within existing organizations, overcoming challenges related to the lack of panel data and selection bias.
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Cooperative membership as a signal of trust and trustworthiness in a low income economic environment: a randomized experiment in the Philippines
The aim of this report is to explore the effect of cooperative membership on members' trust and reliability, as well as their contributions and beliefs within an investment game scenario, using data from a randomized experiment conducted with sugar farmers in the Philippines.
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Productivity, wages and intrinsic motivation in social enterprises
The objective of the report is to examine the relationship between workers' intrinsic motivations and wage differentials within the nonprofit cooperative sector, comparing the static compensating wage differential hypothesis with a dynamic hypothesis that considers productivity as a determining factor in wages.
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Cooperation in Trentino: training and characteristics of management
The main objective of this research is to conduct a study on cooperative management in Trentino, analyzing the characteristics, training, and experience of administrators and managers, while also evaluating governance mechanisms and comparing competencies among key figures within cooperatives.
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Final study on the implementation of the Regulation 1435/2003 on the Statute for European Cooperative Society (SCE) Part I
This study aims to analyze the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 in EU Member States and EEA countries (Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). The focus is on the rules applied to the European Cooperative Society (SCE), national cooperative legislation, and the impact of the SCE statute on national laws and the promotion of cooperatives in Europe.
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