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
This paper offers a conceptual reflection on how the production of complex health-related services, such as the prevention aspects of psychiatric illness, can be governed for the benefit of users and society at large. Read More
In this paper we use a unique dataset to study how participation in two specific types of nonprofit organizations, namely social welfare associations and social cooperatives, affects individual social capital. Descriptive analysis shows that both types of organizations have a positive impact. Read More
Euricse participated in the "Progetto Donne Lavoro" initiative launched by the magazine Donna Moderna and the Vodafone Italia Foundation. The competition notice had the aim of rewarding female social enterprise by offering an opportunity for social emancipation and promotion through work. Euricse, in addition to offering technical consultancy on the topic of social enterprise, was also one of the members of the scientific evaluation committee. Read More
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. Read More
We investigate what is behind the profit/not for profit wage differential by comparing judgments on job characteristics of workers who voluntarily or involuntarily moved from the first to the second sector. Our findings support the differential profit/nonprofit compensation hypothesis and shed light on mechanisms that go beyond the work-donating behavior of intrinsically motivated workers. Read More