This study analyses, through cross-section estimation methods, the influence of spatial effects in productivity … (taking in count the data availability and the Portuguese and European context), considering the Verdoorn relationship. From … autocorrelation (productivity of each of the regions develops in a similar manner to each of the neighbouring regions), above all in …

) a comparison of the strategies in response to the changes in the competitive environment in the last decade. Between … region of Emilia-Romagna shows that cooperatives have adapted their strategies to the new context in the same way as other … productivity and labour costs, and a similar level of profit margins. A survey conducted on a sample of cooperatives located in the …