Panorama actual sobre la investigación en economía social y cooperativa en España desde la perspectiva estratégica

Strategic Management can be applied to different sectors since each sector has different characteristics, as is the case with co-operative enterprises and the social economy. Strategic management in co-operative enterprise is necessary at the present time due to the importance of co-operatives in generating stable employment, with a view to improving management systems, preventing financial crises and adapting to changes. The present work is a study of the characterization of strategic management research in co-operative enterprises, with a definition of the conceptual framework and state of the art and an assessment of current status as a research field and main research lines. To this end, an empirical study was performed to review all the literature on co-operative enterprise management in Spain published between 1990 and 2000 inclusive, using different information sources.