Cooperative movement and widespread prosperity across Italian regions

Costa, Michele; Delbono, Flavio; Linguiti, Francesco

doi:10.1111/apce.12387

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“…Hence, the cooperative model appears to be a socially meritorious organizational form that should be promoted through national as well as regional policies. The insightful report by OECD (2021) and Roelants et al (2012) confirm the many interdependencies between cooperative organizations and local communities and some recent contributions (Costa et al , 2023) detect a positive relationship between the cooperative presence and regional prosperity in Italy.…”

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“…Support for this notion can be found in the insightful report by the OECD ( 2021) and the research conducted by Roelants et al (2012), which confirm the numerous interdependencies between cooperative organizations and local communities. Additionally, recent contributions such as the study conducted by Costa et al (2023) have detected a positive relationship between the presence of cooperatives and regional prosperity in Italy.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Regional resilience and the role of cooperative firms

Costa

Delbono

2023

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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of cooperative firms on the patterns of regional economic resilience in Italy from 2008 to 2019. Design/methodology/approach This study uses regional statistics to compute indices of resilience for both real GDP per capita and employment during both recovery and resistance periods. By means of a linear model, the authors investigate the relationships between indices of resilience and the cooperative presence, while controlling for a set of demographic, social and economic variables. Findings This study shows that during (and after) recessions such regional indices exhibit very different patterns, with notably poorer performance observed in Southern regions compared to the rest of the country. Furthermore, this study illustrates that the size of the cooperative employment improves the overall resilience of regional employment, especially during recovery periods. Social implications The findings hint at policies enhancing the strength and scope of the cooperative movement as a driver of territorial resilience. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study in relating territorial resilience and the presence of a type of companies. This study performs the analysis at the regional level regarding cooperative enterprises. The new findings hint at some policies enhancing the strength and scope of the cooperative movement.

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Regional resilience and the role of cooperative firms

Costa

Delbono

2023

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“…In other words, the Third Sector can be described as "a sector of organized human action composed of collective actors beyond the family and distinct from the state and the market" [57] (p. 175). Throughout the Italian regions, the Third Sector-and Sustainability 2024, 16, 3599 9 of 13 cooperatives in particular-has played a leading role in defining local welfare systems capable of innovating service provision and co-provision, introducing an active role for beneficiaries and guaranteeing forms of prosperity at the local level [58]. Overall, the Third Sector is closely linked to the provision of social care, with reference to a wide range of services related to poverty, health, exclusion and other vulnerabilities [59], although they are not the only non-state actors working for the well-being of the population, especially in the current period where profit-and market-oriented rationales are increasingly prevalent [60].…”

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Niches Seeking Legitimacy: Notes about Social Innovation and Forms of Social Enterprise in the Italian Renewable Energy Communities

De Vidovich

2024

Sustainability

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Renewable energy communities (RECs) are increasingly seen as key innovations for the development of decentralized energy systems that leverage on renewable energy co-production, sharing, and consumption. However, they still represent a niche in search of development and consolidation, and the social innovations they might bring to the energy systems need to be further scrutinized. Innovations related to the capacity to support forms of social entrepreneurship in the energy system are central to this analysis, even if they have been little studied in Italy in relation to the emerging field of renewable energy communities. Through a theoretical discussion aimed at fulfilling descriptive objectives, this paper examines, on the one hand, the social innovations related to community energy projects and, with a focus on Italy, the legal forms required to create an REC in the light of the constantly changing regulatory framework, where new actors, such as the Third Sector, can play a leading role as intermediary actors to develop the social implementation of REC initiatives. The paper navigates through the literature on community energy in the light of the social innovation they can bring to the energy system, discusses the niche condition of RECs, and addresses the Italian case with particular reference to the role of the Third Sector in disseminating REC innovations.

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“…Cooperatives stand as drivers of sustainability and growth in the context of globalization and social cohesion (Monzón, 2013). They also contribute to regional prosperity more through the employment they offer than for their value add (Costa et al, 2022). Thus, studies of cooperatives' contribution to creating and maintaining employment, especially in periods of crisis, are a valuable source of information for decision making.…”

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Cooperative employment in the regions of Spain (1999–2019): The convergence clubs

Barrios‐González,

García‐Pérez,

Yanes‐Estévez

2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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In times of crisis, the study of employment is of vital importance, especially that generated by cooperatives, which show great resilience. This paper analyzes the evolution of employment created by cooperatives in the different Spanish regions in relation to total employment between 1999 and 2019 with a pioneering approach. We analyze the existence of convergence clubs among the Spanish regions using the methodology developed by Phillips and Sul (2007, 2009). The results show the existence of four clubs that include the regions that converge in relative terms of cooperative employment over the 20 years analyzed. The lack of homogeneity in the behavior of employment in cooperatives in the different Spanish regions is demonstrated, with certain divergences among regions. These divergences make it difficult to establish a model of cooperative employment for the whole of Spain.

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Cooperative movement and widespread prosperity across Italian regions

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Regional resilience and the role of cooperative firms

Regional resilience and the role of cooperative firms

Niches Seeking Legitimacy: Notes about Social Innovation and Forms of Social Enterprise in the Italian Renewable Energy Communities

Cooperative employment in the regions of Spain (1999–2019): The convergence clubs

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