This research aims to explore the different causes of youth turnover, analyzing motivations, job attractions, organizational dynamics, and the ability of cooperatives to engage and retain young people, with a focus on the context and the relationship between private social and public administration. Read More
This report presents the results of the multi-year research project aimed at an in-depth analysis of recent and ongoing transformations in welfare systems. Read More
The research report shows the distribution of factors that influence the habitability of the city of Trent on a neighborhood scale, affecting residents' settlement choices. Read More
The aim of this research was to evaluate the impact of employment inclusion policies promoted by social cooperatives, both within and outside the Unified Social Consortium G. Zorzetto (C.S.U.), on the public administration budget, with particular attention to a specific geographic area. Read More
The study, part of a broader research on user cooperatives in local public services, focuses on case studies conducted through open interviews integrated with chamber data and information on cooperative budgets. Read More
The study, part of a broader research on user cooperatives in local public services, focuses on case studies conducted through open interviews integrated with chamber data and information on cooperative budgets. The sectors analyzed are energy, water services and telecommunications. Read More
The aim of this report is to reconsider the role of cooperatives in the context of the liberalization of public services, examining their suitability as an organizational form and analyzing Italian and European experiences in the sector. Read More
The implementation of projects producing external effects is often a source of disagreement and conflict between hosting and non-hosting communities. The paper focuses on the impact of participatory ownership on conflict resolution and social welfare in the presence of asymmetric information and imperfect quality monitoring. 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
Is it possible to get disadvantaged people back to work? And does it make sense to do so today, in the years of job insecurity, when the phenomenon of unemployment and exclusion from the labor market is affecting increasingly large groups of individuals? These questions were attempted to be answered by a recent research paper published in the volume "Efficient Inclusion: the Experience of Social Cooperatives for Job Placement". Read More
Among the various expressions of social innovation, the regeneration of community assets by social purpose enterprises is assuming increasing prominence.The paper aims to explore this topic in depth, analyzing the main critical junctures of regeneration processes and highlighting the convergence at the scholarly level between the definitions of social enterprise and public policy. Read More
In this paper, we investigate whether capital structure differs between for-profit and nonprofit sectors by focusing on two key aspects of the latter: the non-distribution constraint and the stakeholder oriented governance system. We develop a theoretical model and show that the former negatively affects leverage, defined as the amount borrowed over the total investment, whilst the latter has a positive effect. Read More