Mapping cooperatives in Italy

Andrea Cori,Salvatore Monni,Mattia Granata,Keti Lelo

doi:10.9770/jesi.2021.8.3(8)

Abstract

The purpose of this contribution is to photograph and describe, with reasonable accuracy and beginning from the territorial, time and sectoral distribution, the Italian cooperative universe in all its main economic, size and qualitative variables. In the light of the economic crisis triggered by the present epidemic, the mapping work also takes on a further importance in outlining a perspective of analyses on the future impacts of the recession, on the resilience of the cooperative movement and on the role it will be able to play in counteracting the decline in industry and employment.

Highlights

Since the post-second world war, the academic debate has gradually confined the discussions and research on the cooperative movement to a residual space in the economic literature and in books on enterprise management (Kalmi, 2016)
In Italy, especially starting from the first decade of the century, there is no lack of important contributions in the work of mapping and measuring the Italian cooperative movement
In the light of the economic crisis triggered by the present epidemic, the mapping work takes on a further importance in outlining a perspective of analyses on the future impacts of the recession, on the resilience of the cooperative movement

Summary

Introduction

Since the post-second world war, the academic debate has gradually confined the discussions and research on the cooperative movement to a residual space in the economic literature and in books on enterprise management (Kalmi, 2016). In Italy, especially starting from the first decade of the century, there is no lack of important contributions in the work of mapping and measuring the Italian cooperative movement M., Lori M., 2016; Costa, E., Carini, C., Borzaga, C., 2013; Euricse 2011, 2013, 2015; ISTAT, 2017; ISTAT-Euricse, 2019; Mazzoli, E., Zamagni, S. The numerical, productive and employment aspects of the Italian cooperatives will be redistributed on the basis of the sectors of their economic activity

The aspects of the Italian cooperative world

The new start-up and 100 year old cooperatives

Conclusions

Findings

Methodological Note