The cooperative economic groups and the problem of the quantification of the social economy entities

Meira, Deolinda

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“…This is the case of a large Portuguese company called LACTOGAL, which was created out of the association of three of the largest milk cooperatives in northern Portugal. It is a holding company owned by the three cooperatives and also has shares in other firms (Meira, 2019). LACTOGAL has already chosen to expand its operations into Spain where it has created a company to strengthen its position in the Iberian market (IBERLECHE).…”

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Cross‐border cooperation: A response to the challenges facing agri‐food cooperatives in Southern European countries

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Meira

Martínez

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Ann Public Coop Econ

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All agri‐food cooperatives share common interests, irrespective of their geographical borders, which should encourage them to undertake inter‐cooperation processes as well as to set up transnational cooperatives. This paper has two objectives. The first is to analyze Spanish and Portuguese cooperative regulations and the Statute for a European Cooperative Society to define how to embark on these processes in the two countries while also pinpointing the conflicts that may arise from the different regulations. Secondly, it seeks to ascertain which Spanish and Portuguese cooperatives have had experience in this field and to characterize them through a multiple‐case study, including the rationale for the processes, the advantages and the constraints. The results have revealed five cross‐border cooperation categories and show that the Statute for a European Cooperative Society has not had the expected success at the EU level, due to its complexity. However, in general, the lack of expected cross‐border cooperative experiences is not due to legal, language or management issues. It is for different reasons. Firstly, cooperatives think that they can achieve the same objectives through inter‐cooperative agreements. Secondly, government policies protect the regional nature of their cooperatives, rather than encouraging them to expand their business and therefore their capacity to respond to current challenges.

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“…The law, therefore, permits the association of the cooperative with domestic or foreign cooperative or non‐cooperative legal persons (associations, foundations, civil code partnerships, companies or others). This association may (or may not) take the form of the creation of a new legal entity (Meira, 2019).…”

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Cross‐border cooperation: A response to the challenges facing agri‐food cooperatives in Southern European countries

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Meira

Martínez

et al. 2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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“…There was a period of uncertainty and no clear legal stipulations for this domain. Experts from that time created Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for offering social services and social benefits for vulnerable people, helping persons in need and reduce poverty with the help of cooperative helping groups (Meira, 2019). In parallel, international organizations from different parts of the world initiated local branches and implemented social actions for people from Romania to contribute at social inclusion of vulnerable categories existing in that period.…”

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Social Economy as Possible Solution for Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty in Romania

Mitrea

2021

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The sector of social economy grew and gained its own place in the actual social and economic activity at local, regional and national level in Romania. Even though until 2015 there was no clear legislative regulation social economy entities were created and contributed to the community development and job offers for vulnerable persons. This paper is focusing on a case study of best practices in social economy of entities from Romania. The main goal was to present the financial opportunities existing after we became a member of the European Union, social indicators targeted and achieved by these projects. Finally, to present two best practices of social economy entities created and acting in Romania. We will also focus on its collaborative economy for developing the social and economic communities where they were acting. Namely, Non-Governmental Professional Association of Social Work (ASSOC) from Baia Mare, Maramures and Alături de Voi Romania (ADV Romania) from Iasi.

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“…Por otra parte, la definición de economía social de ESSC/CIRIEC (2012) comprende un subsector mercantil conformado en lo fundamental por cooperativas, asociaciones, fundaciones y corporaciones privadas sin fines de lucro, que atienden a corporaciones financieras y no financieras de la economía social, además de las sociedades comerciales con fines de lucro conformadas como subsidiarias de organizaciones de economía social (Meira, 2019). Consecuentemente, para dar cuenta de este subsector de la economía social fue necesario recurrir a catastros y estudios complementarios.…”

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Panorama de la economía social en Chile: la brecha entre definiciones formales y sustantivas

Araya

Vanhulst

Aguayo

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El presente artículo busca dimensionar y caracterizar el sector de la economía social en Chile al año 2015, adaptando la tipología propuesta por EESC/CIRIEC para Europa. A partir de la sistematización de datos cuantitativos primarios levantados para el estudio, se plantea una visión panorámica comparable con otros países que usan la tipología de EESC/CIRIEC y complementaria a los estudios realizados sobre el subsector no mercantil de la economía social en Chile. De acuerdo a los resultados obtenidos en el estudio, en el año 2015 la economía social en Chile empleó a 313.591 trabajadores remunerados y generó ingresos monetarios por US$8.963 millones. Estas cifras son equivalentes al 3,8 por ciento de la ocupación y del 3,7 por ciento del PIB de Chile, respectivamente, situando al país por debajo del promedio de la Unión Europea y por encima de países de ingreso per cápita comparables como Grecia o Polonia. No obstante, debido a la alta tasa de organizaciones y empresas informales estos valores podrían estar subestimados en un rango de 64 a 83 por ciento, respectivamente. Más aún, antecedentes relativos al empleo voluntario o no remunerado en el subsector no mercantil, apuntarían hacia la duplicación del número de trabajadores que participan en el sector de la economía social en Chile. El artículo concluye con una reflexión acerca de la tensión entre definiciones formales y substantivas de la economía social y las dificultades de definir criterios de demarcación sin ambigüedades, en atención a distintas situaciones que se presentaron en el proceso de levantamiento de información para el estudio.

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The cooperative economic groups and the problem of the quantification of the social economy entities

Cited by 3 publications

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Cross‐border cooperation: A response to the challenges facing agri‐food cooperatives in Southern European countries

Cross‐border cooperation: A response to the challenges facing agri‐food cooperatives in Southern European countries

Social Economy as Possible Solution for Social Inclusion and Combating Poverty in Romania

Panorama de la economía social en Chile: la brecha entre definiciones formales y sustantivas

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