Purpose: This study investigates how the creation of social value occurs in different organisational fields, and how it is implemented by organisations that are typically associated with member welfare and social objectives. The purpose of this study, specifically, is to analyse how social...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the relationships between the rules that a cooperative membership decides upon and members' motives for action. It considers individual self-interest in relation with motives that are consistent with the values of cooperation. Design/methodology/approach:...

First paragraph: This paper, similarly to previous analysis, suggests links between the development of economies and the stimulation of people's creativity. Both inter- and intra- country variations in development (Henderson et al, 2001) are, for example, associated with such links. Over recent...

Sacchetti S. Why, where and with whom do you link? The nature and motivations of linkages within and outside an Italian local system, Regional Studies. Building on the work of Richardson (1972) and on the need of firms to coordinate activities with others in search for related yet different...