WP 00 | 09 The role of cooperative and social enterprises: A multifaceted approach for an economic pluralism
Publication date:
12 March 2009
Research areas:
Economic theory
Publication categories:
Working papers
Tags:
cooperatives,
social enterprises,
cooperative
The role of cooperative and social enterprises in contemporary market economies has been downplayed and marginalised to date by the dominant economic approaches. This insufficient attention (Kalmi, 2008 su Cambridge Journal of Economics) derives from the limited applicability of the main assumptions of microeconomic to the case of cooperative and social enterprises. The mismatch between theoretical assumptions and empirical evidence has led to the underestimation of the growth potential, weight and role of cooperative and social enterprises. We maintain that the improvement of the scientific understanding of cooperative and social enterprises requires to enlarge and deepen the assumption of the relevant theoretical models.
