The growth of Italian cooperatives : innovation, resilience and social responsibility

Introduction -- The cooperative legislative framework : enabling growth and promoting cooperative principles -- Central associations : leadership and economic development -- Financing cooperatives : members, markets and networks -- Consortia network : economies of scale and national expansion -- From large cooperatives to cooperative groups : a new cooperative model? -- Entrepreneurship : start-ups, worker-buyouts and social cooperatives -- Cooperative resilience : managing the global financial crisis -- Cooperative principles and social responsibility : people and communities -- Before profits -- Cooperative identity : in search of a new vision -- Conclusion: toward a more pluralist and democratic market economy -- Index