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Changes in the Italian Economy: The Cooperatives

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  • Chiara Bentivogli
  • Eliana Viviano

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This work compares cooperatives to other firms along two lines: (1) a description of structural development and (2) a comparison of the strategies in response to the changes in the competitive envinronment in the last decade. Between 2001 and 2009 Italian cooperatives have maintained a dimension significantly greater, labour productivity and labour costs lower and profit margins similar to those of other types of firms. A survey conducted on a sample of cooperatives located in the region of Emilia-Romagna shows that the cooperative system adapted its strategies to the new context in the same way as the other firms did. Cooperatives are still more focused on core business and differentiate less their product; this exposes them more to price competition.

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  • Chiara Bentivogli & Eliana Viviano, 2012. "Changes in the Italian Economy: The Cooperatives," L'industria, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 3, pages 497-528.
    • Handle: RePEc:mul:j0hje1:doi:10.1430/37816:y:2012:i:3:p:497-528
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    1. Anne Musson & Damien Rousselière, 2020. "Exploring the effect of crisis on cooperatives: a Bayesian performance analysis of French craftsmen cooperatives," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(25), pages 2657-2678, May.
    2. Musson, Anne & Rousselière, Damien, 2020. "Identifying the impact of crisis on cooperative capital constraint. A short note on French craftsmen cooperatives," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).
    3. Chiara Carini & Ericka Costa, 2013. "Exploring the performance of social cooperatives during the economic crisis: the Italian case," Euricse Working Papers 1359, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises).
    4. Carlo Borzaga & Manlio Calzaroni & Chiara Carini & Massimo Lori, 2019. "Structure and Performance of Italian Cooperatives: A Quantitative Analysis Based on Combined Use of Official Data," Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises, vol. 8(1), pages 65-83.
    5. Carlo BORZAGA & Manlio CALZARONI & Chiara CARINI & Massimo LORI, 2019. "Italian cooperatives: an analysis of their economic performances, employment characteristics and innovation processes based on combined used of official data," CIRIEC Working Papers 1906, CIRIEC - Université de Liège.

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    Keywords

    Cooperative Firms; Productivity; Governance. Jel Classification: J540; D210; L210;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm

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