The purpose of this article is to investigate the role of different forms of enterprise in the Trentino economic system, and then to provide a comparative assessment, first with the neighboring province of Bolzano and, later, with the entire Italian economy. Read More
This volume aims to investigate the perception of the cooperative world through a timely analysis carried out by Euricse has collected some of the most relevant research findings produced in recent times. Read More
This paper addresses the real effects of collective capital on productivity using a large panel of Italian worker and social cooperatives. Read More
This paper seeks to synthesize the thought of three great economists, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, and Alfred Marshall, and then put forward a hypothesis as to why the interest in cooperation suffered such a rapid decline, and why even today it still struggles to present itself in its original form, that is, as a means of emancipation for the working classes, a relevant issue in the society of inequality. Read More
This two-part report measures the spread and relevance of cooperatives active in the province of Trento and explores the recent evolution and possible lines of development of the main cooperative sectors. Read More
The challenges and prospects for growth of cooperative and responsible finance are at the center of the 10th annual workshop on the subject organized in Trento on June 20th and 21st 2019 by Euricse in collaboration with Federcasse (Italian Federation of Cooperative Credit Banks), with the support of… Read More
This book arises from a three-year comparative research program concerning co-operative enterprises in Australia and Italy. The book explores the historical development, legal framework and the peak organisations of co-operatives in the two countries. Specific comparative chapters focus on consumer, credit, and worker-producer co-operatives. Read More
This article, based on the experience of agricultural co-ops in the Province of Trento (Italy), will try to highlight the importance of this organizational model in favoring an adequate development of disadvantageous territories, such as mountain areas. Read More
This paper has two aims, to set out some of the theoretical arguments for and against multi-stakeholder governance, to look at examples of multi-stakeholder models in practice, and to generate from this a set of research questions. Read More
In Italy, Sant'Orsola is the leading company in the small fruit trade, with a market share of around 45 percent. This case study highlights the potential that the agricultural cooperative can have in developing and fostering a social organization of production and dissemination of knowledge and innovation in agriculture. 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 work is aimed at updating the function/justification of modern agricultural cooperatives. Firstly, a theoretical contribution mingling the knowledge-based theory of the firm with the social innovation approach in agriculture will be defined. Secondly, two case studies will be discussed. Read More