Growth of Italian Cooperatives - Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility

Informationen zum Autor Dr Piero Ammirato is an Honorary Fellow, Politics and Public Policy, at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. Klappentext The Growth of Italian Cooperatives: Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility comprehensively explains how the Italian cooperative sector has managed to compete in the market and grow even during the global financial crisis. This volume sets out to explain how cooperatives have managed to compete in a socially responsible way and in alignment with cooperative principles. Zusammenfassung The Growth of Italian Cooperatives: Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility comprehensively explains how the Italian cooperative sector has managed to compete in the market and grow even during the global financial crisis. This volume sets out to explain how cooperatives have managed to compete in a socially responsible way and in alignment with cooperative principles. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction The Cooperative legislative framework: enabling growth and promoting cooperative principles Central Associations: leadership and economic development Financing cooperatives: members, markets and networks Consortia network: economies of scale and national expansion From large cooperatives to cooperative groups: a new cooperative model? Entrepreneurship: start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives Cooperative resilience: managing the global financial crisis Cooperative principles and social responsibility: people and communities before profits Cooperative identity: in search of a new vision Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy

Product details

• Authors: AMMIRATO, Piero Ammirato, Ammirato Piero
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138067219
• ISBN: 978-1-138-06721-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Innovation
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / New Business Enterprises, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, Italy, Business ethics & social responsibility, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Franchises, Business innovation, International business, Business ethics and social responsibility, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies, Employee-ownership and co-operatives, Employee-Ownership & Co-Operatives