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Dennis R. Young, Elizabeth A.M. Searing, and Cassady Brewer (Ed.): The Social Enterprise Zoo: A Guide for Perplexed Scholars, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Leaders, Investors, and Policymakers

Dennis Young, Elizabeth Searing, and Cassady Brewer’s The Social Enterprise Zoo: A Guide for Perplexed Scholars, Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, Leaders, Investors, and Policymakers will prove to be a foundational work in nonprofit and social innovation studies, as so much of Dennis Young’s work does. Among the many achievements of this edited… Read More

ISCTE-IUL 2019 International Conference: Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons – Contributions to the Deepening of Democracy

The second edition of the international conference dedicated to the social and solidarity economy (SSE) and the commons was organised by the Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL), with the support of the Department of Political Economy at ISCTE-IUL, the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c) in the Faculty… Read More

The Knowledge-based Agricultural Cooperative: A Validation from the Trentino Case

The new agri-food market is considered a detrimental factor for the competitiveness and financial equilibria of agricultural cooperatives. According to this view, as a result of market saturation and globalisation processes, shifting investments to supply chain forward activities (e.g., for brand development or for research and development activities) would represent… Read More

Relationships on the Job and Work-Related Stress within the Third Sector in Europe

The aim of the study is to analyse the association between occupational stress and interpersonal relationships on the job for non-profit workers in Europe. The main assumption of the paper is that social support coming from interpersonal relationships on the job may counteract stress caused by adverse working conditions. The… Read More

Management Education in a Public University in the Economic Periphery: Reflections in Action on UBC in Interior British Columbia

Significant changes in university organisation over recent years have often ignored important challenges concerning the consequences for social and economic development. This paper explores different ways of organising universities. It examines a particular question: what should management education in a public university in the economic periphery entail? The paper relies… Read More

The Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Law and Economics (ISLE)

The Italian Society for Law and Economics (ISLE) is a national association, but ranks among the largest Law and Economics associations worldwide and each year receives visiting delegates from several European and non-European countries during its annual conference. The 2018 ISLE edition of the conference was held at the University… Read More

Structure and performance of Italian cooperatives: a quantitative analysis based on combined use of official data

Researchers and policymakers have identified the need to accurately and quantitatively evaluate cooperatives and their economic, social and employment effects, as well as their evolution over time, in a way that is as reliable as possible and not subject to interpretation. This need was also manifested in the adoption by… Read More

Does Online Accessibility, as a Transparency Mechanism, Play the Same Role in Private and Public Nonprofit Organizations?

Nonprofit organizations define different links with Public Administration in the provision of public social services, online accessibility (OA) being a way to promote stakeholders’ participation and funding diversification. Despite these theoretical advantages, the role of OA could vary depending on the interaction between Public Administration and nonprofits. If these organizations… Read More

Democratic Governance Mechanisms in Cooperative Banks: A Reassessment

The governance of cooperative banks is arguably so distinctive that it cannot be properly captured by standard economic models. One of the problems that arises in the assessment of the assumed democratic governance in such banks refers to the members’ commitment to the banks. This paper considers the fact that… Read More

Renewing the City through Public Participation and Cultural Activities. The Case Study of Gillet Square, a Community-Led Urban Regeneration Project

This article focuses its attention on inner cities and asks questions about their possible redevelopment. How can an urban regeneration project improve its social innovation effects? We argue that community-led enterprises with social values can drastically improve social innovation in urban regeneration. This article presents the main features of Gillet… Read More