Download or read book The Growth of Italian Cooperatives written by Piero Ammirato and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Italian Cooperative Sector is amongst the largest in the world comprising over 60,000 cooperatives from all sectors of the economy directly employing 1.3 million people. Cooperatives created close to 30 percent of new jobs in Italy between 2001 and 2011 demonstrating that democratic cooperative enterprises can successfully operate in a market economy combining economic success and social responsibility. These offer a viable alternative to profit maximising enterprises and an opportunity to create a more pluralist and democratic market economy. The Growth of Italian Cooperatives: Innovation, Resilience and Social Responsibility comprehensively explains how the Italian cooperative sector has managed to compete successfully in the global economy and to grow during the global financial crisis. This book will comprehensively explain how the Italian cooperative movement has managed to grow into a large successful network of cooperatives. It will examine the legislative framework and their unique business model that allows it to compete in the market as part of a network that includes central cooperative associations, financial and economic consortia, and financial companies. It will explore cooperative entrepreneurship through a discussion of the formation of cooperative groups, start-ups, worker-buyouts and the promotion of entirely new sectors such as the social services sector. Finally, The Growth of Italian Cooperatives examines how cooperatives have managed the GFC and how their behavior differs from private enterprises. It will also analyze the extent to which cooperatives compete while still uphold the key cooperative principles and fulfil their social responsibility. This book is an interdisciplinary study of cooperative development and is designed to inform members of the academic community, government, public policy makers and cooperative managers that are primarily interested in economic democracy, economics of the cooperative enterprise, cooperative networks and economic development, cooperative legislation, democratic governance, job creation programs, politics of inclusion and how wealth can be more equitably distributed.

Download or read book Beyond Alternative Food Networks written by Cristina Grasseni and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food activism is core to the contemporary study of food - there are numerous foodscapes which exist within the umbrella definition of food activism from farmer's markets, organic food movements to Fair Trade. This highly original book focuses on one key emerging foodscape dominating the Italian alternative food network (AFN) scene: GAS (gruppi di acquisto solidale or solidarity-based purchase groups) and explores the innovative social dynamics underlying these networks and the reasons behind their success. Based on a detailed 'insider' ethnography, this study interprets the principles behind these movements and key themes such as collective buying, relationships with local producers and consumers, financial management, to the everyday political and practical negotiation involving GAS groups. Vitally, the author demonstrates how GAS processes are key to providing survival strategies for small farms, local food chains and sustainable agriculture as a whole. Beyond Alternative Food Networks offers a fresh and engaged approach to this area, demonstrating the capacity for individuals to join organised forms of alternative political ecologies and impact upon their local food systems and practices. These social groups help to create new economic circuits that help promote sustainability, both for the environment and labor practices. Beyond Alternative Food Networks provides original insight and in-depth analysis of the alternative food network now thriving in Italy, and highlights ways such networks become embedded in active citizenship practices, cooperative relationships, and social networks.

Download or read book Cooperatives in an Uncertain World written by Michael Ambühl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Social and Impact Economy written by Benjamin Gidron and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume discusses the development of the new social and impact economy in ten countries around the globe. The new social and impact economy is an attempt to conceptualize developments after the 2008 economic crisis, which emphasized the pifalls of the Neo-Liberal economic system. In the aftermath of the crisis, new organizational entities evolved, which combined social and business objectives as part of their mission. Using data gathered by two recent international research projects—the ICSEM project and the FAB-MOVE project—the book provides an initial portrait of the forces at play in the evolution of the new social and impact economy, linking those to the past crisis as well as to Covid19 and comparing the emergence of the phenomenon in a varied group of countries. The book begins with an overview of the classical definitions of social economy and proposes a comprehensive concept of new social and impact economy, its characteristics, and sources. Ten country chapters as well as a comparative chapter on international social economy organizations follow. The volume concludes with an overall analysis of the data from the country chapters, forming a typology of social economy traditions and linking it to recent Post Capitalism trends. Creating a conceptual framework to analyze the new phenomena in social economy, this volume is ideal for academics and practitioners in the fields of social economy; social, economic and welfare policies; social and business entrepreneurship in a comparative fashion; social and technological innovation as well as CSR specialists and practitioners.

Download or read book IAS IFRS written by Vera Palea and published by FrancoAngeli. This book was released on 2006 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book La citt nell economia della conoscenza written by Associazione italiana di scienze regionali. Conferenza scientifica and published by FrancoAngeli. This book was released on 2012 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Storia Del Movimento Cooperativo in Italia written by Renato Zangheri and published by Einaudi. This book was released on 1987 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Cooperative Banking Innovations and Developments written by Vittorio Boscia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the current role and rationale of co-operative banking and examines features such as governance, consolidation, outsourcing, shareholder value and rating evaluation. It then analyses the likely impact on the strategic, organisational and operative model of cooperative banks.

Download or read book Current Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility written by Samuel O. Idowu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the status quo of Corporate Social Responsibility practices and their development since 2008. How have things changed in the practice of CSR? What new opportunities and challenges have arisen? The book reports on an international set of cases and case studies on how CSR is practiced at business and organizations in various countries. It analyzes country-specific and industry-specific issues, as well as general global issues in connection with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The contributions gathered here provide comprehensive information on CSR for both practitioners and researchers around the globe.

Download or read book Forms of Organisation Type of Employment Working Conditions and Industrial Relations in Co operatives Any Collectiveness Or Other Self managing Structures of the EEC written by Commission of the European Communities and published by Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. This book was released on 1986 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dynamic Capabilities Between Firm Organisation and Local Systems of Production written by Riccardo Leoncini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changes in technology and demand require firms to learn how to continuously reshape unique and non-imitable resources and competences. A firm‘s capacity to achieve this is captured by the concept of dynamic capabilities. This book offers an analysis of how firms manage to reconfigure their pool of idiosyncratic resources, skills and competencies to

Download or read book Non Knowledge Risk and Bank Company Management written by Vincenzo Formisano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the current economic scenario, the intangible assets contribute significantly to the construction of the competitive positioning of a company. It follows that this intangible information must be appropriately considered in the internal rating system (IRSs). Currently key aspects of business risk and operational risk such as potential for growth, competitive capabilities, core competencies, role in the supply chain of membership, and governance are being considered as secondary in this system. Intangible factors such as the milieu of the company and the environment in which it operates, are not being appropriately considered. In this book, Vincenzo Formisano proposes new guidelines aimed to set desirable IRSs in which the weight of intangible assets is appropriately and properly valued. He addresses practical rules for achieving a rating system capable of understanding and enhancing the intangible assets of a company and for the assessment of creditworthiness. The first part of the book focuses on existing practices; the second part exposes a general model for the classification and interpretation of intangibles. The third part provides practical guidelines designed to configure desirable rating models in which the weight of intangible assets is correctly considered. This book offers theoretical and practical insights and an easy-to-read approach which provides a valuable source of information for teachers and students in Finance. It is also a useful reference point for the Banking, Accounting and Finance managerial communities.

Download or read book Reflections on the Gulag written by Elena Dundovich and published by Feltrinelli Editore. This book was released on 2003 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Trasferimento Tecnologico Technology Transfer written by Emanuele Fiore and published by Edizoni Scientifiche Italiane s.p.a.. This book was released on 2009-05-30 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uno dei fattori di competitività del nostro Paese è certamente la capacità di promuovere le innovazioni e di intensificare la ricerca industriale; le piccole imprese appaiono deboli sul piano della capacità innovativa e i contributi dello Stato per la ricerca diminuiscono notevolmente. Pertanto si diffonde sempre di più la voglia di approfittare a pieno delle opportunità create a livello internazionale. L'esperienza nord americana ha evidenziato che l'impostazione e la gestione di azioni complesse che portano ad una vantaggio competitivo del sistema Paese richiedono sia culture manageriali e professionali specifiche, sia metodologie e strumenti appropriatamente sperimentati. Il volume è rivolto a tutti gli studiosi, ricercatori e imprenditori interessati ai diversi filoni della politica della ricerca riconducibili all'ambito dell'innovazione e del trasferimento tecnologico in ambito internazionale.

Download or read book Sviluppo locale tra paesaggio e identit L esperienza dell ecomuseo della Valle del Raganello Workshop del Master Eco Polis Civita Italia 2009 written by Massimo Zupi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A partire dal workshop del Master Eco-Polis, l ́opportunità di affrontare i temi dello sviluppo locale e del paesaggio, attraverso il comune denominatore dell ́identità.