This handbook investigates 'member-owned' organizations, whether consumer co-operatives, agricultural and producer co-operatives, worker co-operatives, mutual building societies, friendly societies, credit unions, solidarity organizations, mutual insurance companies, or employee-owned companies....

1. The economics of social enterprises : an interpretive framework / Carlo Borzaga and Ermanno Tortia -- 2. The competitive advantages of social enterprises / Sara Depedri -- 3. The impact of social enterprises on output, employment, and welfare / Ermanno Tortia -- 4. From economic growth to...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relationship between community-owned enterprises and social capital in urban neighbourhoods. Focussing on community-owned pubs (COPs), the paper investigates how social capital elements have a role in generating these innovative organizations, which...

The international conference “Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons - Contributions to the Deepening of Democracy” was held on November 6th-8th 2019 at the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) in Lisbon (Portugal). Its aim was to promote dialogue and exchanges of knowledge and...