The Co-operative Enterprise: A Remaining of the Past or a Proposal for a Better Society?
Journal title QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria
Author/s Vera Negri Zamagni
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/2 Language Italian
Pages 16 P. 7-22 File size 570 KB
DOI 10.3280/QU2011-002001
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After two centuries with self-interested individualism considered the only foundation of economic action, this essay enquires whether the co-operative enterprise, born in the 19th century, still has a meaning in the present and future economic world. It must be admitted that co-operatives have struggled through years of difficult survival in the past, but in the post-Fordist societies conditions have again become favourable for co-operation, above all in the services, where relational qualities, customization, intrinsic motivations, tacit knowledge and new welfare - all aspects typical of co-operative enterprises - are welcome. The need now, however, is to interpret markets with a pluralistic approach.
Keywords: Co-operative enterprise, Capitalism, State role, Governance, Service economy
Jel codes: N300, L330, P500
Vera Negri Zamagni, L'impresa cooperativa: residuo del passato o proposta per una società più equilibrata? in "QA Rivista dell’Associazione Rossi-Doria" 2/2011, pp 7-22, DOI: 10.3280/QU2011-002001