This report aims to update the findings of the Third Report by offering a picture of the relevance of cooperatives in 2014 and their dynamics in the two-year period 2013-2014 with the objective of verifying the consequences of the choices made in previous years. 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 survey returns an estimate of the economic and employment relevance of the cooperative system in the year 2013-the last for which a sufficiently complete database is available-and analyzes the dynamics experienced by Italian cooperatives during the years 2011-2013 and the crisis years (2008-2013), including in relation to other forms of enterprise. Read More
The text deals with two opposing economic visions: the financial one in which only the growth of capital matters, and the cooperative one in which finding a balance between multiple dimensions, including social and environmental ones, matters. Read More
With the crisis of laissez-faire philosophy and practices, cooperation has rediscovered its relevance and, at the same time, its diversity. The case of Trentino, an Italian region with an important history of cooperatives, can serve as a starting point to introduce a reflection on the challenges we face today. Read More