The “business–territory” relationship of cooperative societies as compared to the conventional business sector in the region of Andalusia

Gónzález, María del Carmen Pérez; Palma, Lidia Valiente

doi:10.1111/apce.12282

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“…Cooperatives are strategic organizations responding and adapting to the evolution of localized and emerging social needs [30,31]. Cooperatives are based on self-help, selfresponsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.…”

Section: Cooperative Organizationsmentioning

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Sustainability Indicators: Information Asymmetry Mitigators between Cooperative Organizations and Their Primary Stakeholders

Macagnan

Seibert

2021

Sustainability

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The research aims to identify indicators of representative information on sustainability from the cooperative organizations’ primary stakeholders’ perspective to mitigate information asymmetry. The study develops in seven stages: the primary stakeholders’ selection and training; the evidence survey; the triangulation between stakeholder responses, forming an indicators list; the indicators analysis by specialists; tests for indicators disclosure; and the indicators validation through the disclosure analysis. As a result, a list contains 61 sustainability indicators from the primary stakeholders’ perspective, in four pillars: economic, 20; social, 18; environmental, 13; and cultural, 10. With the cooperative organizations’ websites disclosure analysis, we found that the disclosure policies focus more on information asymmetry mitigating in the pillars: cultural and social, with the environmental and economic being neglected. Therefore, the procedures for disclosing information on sustainability have weaknesses. These policies reduce the primary stakeholders’ reliability about the cooperatives management system respective, limiting the primary stakeholders’ perspective on the cooperative organization value.

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Section: Cooperative Organizationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability Indicators: Information Asymmetry Mitigators between Cooperative Organizations and Their Primary Stakeholders

Macagnan

Seibert

2021

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“…Meanwhile, Galdeano-Gómez, Pérez-Mesa and Godoy-Durán [15] focus on the southeast of Spain and reveal the ways in which cooperatives can generate synergies combining different dimensions of sustainability, showing the relationship between cooperativism and territory. Similarly, Pérez and Valiente [17] also study the case of Andalusia and demonstrate that cooperative societies display closer ties with the places in which they operate than more conventional companies, so it is particularly valuable to include them in territorial development policies.…”

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“…As noted above, a number of studies have conducted spatial analyses of cooperativism or its impact on a region [13][14][15][16][17]. However, it is also one of the regions with the highest number of cooperative societies in Spain; in 2019, Andalusia accounted for 22% of cooperative societies in Spain and 24% of the total employment provided by these organisations.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cooperative Societies and Sustainability: A Spatial Analysis of Andalusia as a Tool for Implementing Territorial Development Policies, Strategies and Initiatives

Gónzález

Palma

2021

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Local development strategies, policies and initiatives that contribute to sustainable development are gaining increasing prominence. Cooperative societies—the most relevant organisations within the social economy—are widely present in Andalusia and play a key role in boosting sustainable development through their principles and values. On this basis, the article aims to determine whether certain areas in Andalusia are more predisposed to the presence of these enterprises and are more sustainable as a result. The methods used include an adapted shift-share analysis and application of local Moran’s I to obtain spatial clusters allowing the areas most favourable to the presence of this type of organisation to be identified. Therefore, one of the main contributions of the study is that it provides a tool for the application of local development policies, strategies and initiatives involving cooperatives in pursuit of a more sustainable society.

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“…Despite the idiosyncrasies of each region or territory, globalization, supranational economic and social policies, and the passing of time can bring regions or territories closer together or make them increasingly different. In addition, territories exert a greater influence on cooperatives than on other businesses (Pérez & Valiente, 2020).…”

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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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The “business–territory” relationship of cooperative societies as compared to the conventional business sector in the region of Andalusia

Cited by 7 publications

References 20 publications

Sustainability Indicators: Information Asymmetry Mitigators between Cooperative Organizations and Their Primary Stakeholders

Sustainability Indicators: Information Asymmetry Mitigators between Cooperative Organizations and Their Primary Stakeholders

Cooperative Societies and Sustainability: A Spatial Analysis of Andalusia as a Tool for Implementing Territorial Development Policies, Strategies and Initiatives

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

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