In Italy, social cooperatives are an economic reality that is constantly expanding and plays an increasing role in the …

The numerous studies made of the persistence of the co-operative movement during the course of the 20th century, have … efficiency is linked with “culture,” I wish to examine the cultural components of the Italian co-operative movement which emerged … could generate high per capita welfare expenditure. Indeed, such indicator would seem to be closely linked to co-operative …

Italy, a country with one of the most widespread cooperative system. Many Italian Institutes (e.g. Istat, Confcooperative … cooperative enterprises is still little and fragmentary, at both a national and an international level. This is also the case of … contexts, to specific types of cooperative or to restricted samples. There is still a lack of updated analyses of the overall …

of the cooperative movement, both internationally and within individual countries, is scarce and fragmentary. In Italy …Despite the growing interest in cooperative enterprise, our knowledge of the real economic, social, and employment size … Unioncamere) have examined the nature of the cooperative movement. However, in most cases, these studies have referred to specific …

The Italian co-operative enterprises have prospered in the last thirty years in various sectors. In this essay we …