Growth of Italian Cooperatives - Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility

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 align

Table des matières

Foreword

1. Introduction



2. The Cooperative legislative framework: enabling growth and




promoting cooperative principles





3. Central Associations: leadership and economic development





4. Financing cooperatives: members, markets and networks





5. Consortia network: economies of scale and national expansion





6. From large cooperatives to cooperative groups: a new cooperative model?





7. Entrepreneurship: start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives





8. Cooperative resilience: managing the global financial crisis





9. Cooperative principles and social responsibility: people and communities




before profits





10. Cooperative identity: in search of a new vision





11. Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy

A propos de l'auteur

Dr Piero Ammirato is an Honorary Fellow, Politics and Public Policy, at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

Résumé

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 align

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Piero Ammirato, Ammirato Piero
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367734909
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73490-9
• Pages: 236
• Thème: Routledge Studies in Social Enterprise & Social Innovation
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Autres; 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