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Record Nr.

UNINA9910229863603321

Titolo

Cooperative enterprises in Australia and Italy : comparative analysis and theoretical insights / / edited by Anthony Jensen, Greg Patmore, Ermanno Tortia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : , : Firenze University press, , 2015

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca ; ; 172

Disciplina

338.740945

Soggetti

Business enterprises - Italy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This book arises from a three-year comparative research program concerning co-operative enterprises in Australia and Italy. The book explores the historical development, legal framework and the peak organisations of co-operatives in the two countries. Specific comparative chapters focus on consumer, credit, and worker-producer co-operatives. The book deepens the analysis of co-operatives by containing chapters that examine specific theoretical and empirical issues such as the theory of co-operative firms as collective entrepreneurial action. Monographic chapters include more in depth analysis of specific typologies of co-operatives, such as social and community oriented co-operatives, some of which were created to contrast organized crime in Southern Italy. The book concludes with an assessment of the implications of the project for public policy.