This report explores the spatial dimension of productivity in the co-operatives of Italy, a country where they make up … a relatively large share of total national employment. Co-operatives play a countercyclical role in job creation during … sustainability. Productivity growth ensures that co-operatives can achieve both economic and social goals in the future. This report …

producer cooperatives that sprang up during the 1960s through the 1980s predates economists' recent work on reciprocity, but it … considers the roles that altruism and reciprocity might play in cooperatives, and it discusses the recent, largely experimental … literature on reciprocity and other social preferences, considering its relevance to cooperatives and to incentives in teams more …