This paper is part of a series of Working Papers produced as part of the International Comparative Social Enterprise Models (ICSEM) project. It intends to answer the following research questions: "How many different types of SEs exist in Italy?"; "How many SEs of each type exist?"; "How and to what extent do they differ from each other?" Read More
The paper describes the characteristics of social cooperatives in Poland, which constitute an important element of the national sector of social entrepreneurship. Read More
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. Read More
This paper, through data from the Census of Industry and Services and key employment statistics, will attempt to identify the territorial and/or sectoral areas most exposed to the fragilities that the crisis has highlighted, in order to analyze, precisely in these areas, the role and innovati va capacity of the nonprofit sector. Read More
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. Read More
This study explores the dimensions of the social economy in Italy in terms of organizations, employment and revenues, taking into account the market/non-market orientation of organizations. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
The cooperative movement underwent in 2012 a renewed impulse with the declaration of the “International Year of Cooperatives”. In this paper we present the results of the interviews conducted with international experts of the sector, who belong to national organizations following the Delphi methodology. Read More
This paper describes the role of social enterprises and social cooperatives as a type of nonprofit economic organization that is assuming an increasingly central role in Europe (as demonstrated, for example, by the Social Business Initiative recently launched by the European Commission), contributing to its economic and social growth. Read More
The paper deals with the mediating role of immaterial satisfaction between substantive organizational substantive features, defined as resources by on-the-job autonomy, involvement, teamwork and workload pressure, and organizational performance, defined in terms of improvements in product quality and innovation. Read More