Changes in the Italian Economy: The Cooperatives

Bentivogli, Chiara; Viviano, Eliana

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“…Our work is consistent with these results. Moreover, the findings showed that that territorial dualism was persistent both in 2008 than in 2011, which demonstrated that is anchored in the historical roots of the development of Italian social cooperatives (Bentivogli and Viviano, 2012).…”

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“…In answering this call, several studies have shown that in the early stages of the economic crisis, cooperatives demonstrated a greater resilience than other forms of enterprise did (Cheney et al, 2014;Lambru and Petrescu, 2014;Bentivogli and Viviano, 2012;Zamagni, 2012). Specific analyses of the financial sector found that cooperative banks have been more resilient in the current economic crisis than commercial banks have (EACB, 2010;Birchall, 2013).…”

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Northern and southern Italian social cooperatives during the economic crisis: a multiple factor analysis

Costa

Carini

2015

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A multiple factor analysis is developed to assess the differences in the economic performance and employment levels of social cooperatives in three main geographical areas, North, Central and South Italy, between 2008 and 2011.The results showed that despite the global economic and financial meltdown, the social cooperatives in these areas increased their overall turnover and total assets between 2008 and 2011.Furthermore, the employment data showed a positive trend during this period. The analysis also found that the prolonged crisis in 2010 and 2011 affected mainly the southern regions, where conjunctural factors exacerbated long-term structural deficiencies.

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Section: Conclusion and Further Researchmentioning

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Northern and southern Italian social cooperatives during the economic crisis: a multiple factor analysis

Costa

Carini

2015

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“…Taking this into account, the Italian situation represents a unicum on an international level with regards to the acquisition and production of statistical data on cooperatives. Indeed, over the past decade, there have been a series of attempts to measure the diffusion, size, and impact of cooperatives utilising various data sources, both from representative associations as well as administrative sources (Istat, 2008;Bentivogli and Viviano, 2012;Borzaga, 2015;2017). Though the results do not always match, these attempts have served to increase interest in evaluating the specific role and economic and occupational importance of cooperatives in Italy.…”

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Structure and performance of Italian cooperatives: a quantitative analysis based on combined use of official data

Borzaga¹,

Calzaroni²,

Carini³

et al. 2019

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Researchers and policymakers have identified the need to accurately and quantitatively evaluate cooperatives and their economic, social and employment effects, as well as their evolution over time, in a way that is as reliable as possible and not subject to interpretation. This need was also manifested in the adoption by the 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians of the Guidelines Concerning Statistics of Cooperatives, which aim to facilitate the development of a set of statistics on cooperatives that can be compared at the international level. This study provides informative insights and analyses based on a unified statistical representation of the structure, economic performance and profiles of cooperatives-including cooperative groups-within the Italian economy. Through the integration of several official statistical data sources released by the Italian National Institute of Statistics with the Cooperative Register managed by the Ministry of Economic Development, on the one hand, the paper highlights the peculiarities of cooperatives compared to other companies; on the other, it deeply analyses the composition of the cooperative sector with respect to both economic and structural variables.

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“…Identifying the comparative advantages and disadvantages of member-owned businesses, Birchall (2013) states that the cooperative model may potentially be stronger than other businesses during economic recession. Several studies show better social and economic performances of cooperatives relative to other businesses (Cheney et al, 2014;Lambru and Petrescu, 2014;Bentivogli and Viviano, 2012;Zamagni, 2012;Costa and Carini, 2016;Carini and Carpita, 2014), but there are counter-examples and the crisis effect may vary by sector and with the market context (Birchall, 2013). According to Nunez-Nickel and Moyano-Fuentes (2004); Ingram (2003, 2004), agricultural cooperatives and kibbutzim are more sensitive to changes in the regulatory environment, but have a greater ability to adapt to macroeconomic fluctuations.…”

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Exploring the effect of crisis on cooperatives: a Bayesian performance analysis of French craftsmen cooperatives

Musson

Rousselière

2019

Applied Economics

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This paper aims at understanding the economic performance of craftsmen cooperatives during the crisis period. These cooperatives have the distinctive feature of being supply cooperatives. We use an exhaustive dataset for the French craftsmen cooperatives (2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014). We estimate Bayesian Translog econometric models in order to underline the impact of the 2008 crisis on these cooperatives. On the one hand, cooperatives' turnover contracts during the crisis, the effect is lower for elder cooperatives and varies across sectors. On the other hand, there is convergence towards the mean for the various generations of cooperatives. Theses findings are robust to alternative econometric specifications.

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Changes in the Italian Economy: The Cooperatives

Cited by 6 publications

References 8 publications

Northern and southern Italian social cooperatives during the economic crisis: a multiple factor analysis

Northern and southern Italian social cooperatives during the economic crisis: a multiple factor analysis

Structure and performance of Italian cooperatives: a quantitative analysis based on combined use of official data

Exploring the effect of crisis on cooperatives: a Bayesian performance analysis of French craftsmen cooperatives

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