This article examines the dynamics of innovation in co-operative groups in the current phase of globalisation. In the first part of the article a number of key factors - necessary to be taken into account in any process of innovation are analysed, such as the innovation networks, human capital,...

This article examines the governance of the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation (MCC) within the context of the expanding globalisation process. After a brief introduction about globalisation and cooperative degeneration theories, the first part of the paper begins by giving a brief description of...

It is difficult to obtain a comparable overview of how much water is available in Europe due to huge differences in the way countries estimate their water resources. These guidelines propose a new approach to assessing water quantity, which will make national comparisons easier. They form part...

This paper presents the experience of the Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) named Manipulados y Servicios Picarral SL. (MAPISER). This social enterprise is focused on employment and social integration for people with physical, sensory, intellectual, and mental illnesses. MAPISER has been...

Government Social Spending (GSS) is made up of a very heterogeneous range of variables, monetary transfers for retirement or illness, unemployment benefits, family services, active labour market policies and health expenditure. We believe that each of these components is of enormous importance...

The main contribution of this paper to the research of volunteering participation is considering simultaneously different levels of data aggregation: individual, country and welfare regimen. This strategy allows us identifying individual factors (socio-demographic variables) and contextual data...