The social value of multi-stakeholder co-operatives: the case of the CEFF system in Italy

Sacchetti, Silvia and Tortia, Ermanno C. (2014). The social value of multi-stakeholder co-operatives: the case of the CEFF system in Italy. In: Mazzarol, Tim; Reboud, Sophie; Liminios, Elena Mamouni and Clark, Delwyn eds. Research Handbook on Sustainable Co-operative Enterprise: Case Studies of Organisational Resilience in the Co-operative Business Model. Cheltenham: Elgar, pp. 285–300.

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Abstract

The scope of this chapter is to provide an illustration of how social co-operatives can consistently pursue their social mission whilst retaining economic sustainability. We rely on case study analysis of an Italian social co-operative. Since 1991 social co-operatives have been conceived in the Italian legislation as mutual-benefit entrepreneurial organisations with a social character. The social objective was nested into the mutualistic structure, while the multi-stakeholder governance and the accumulation of socialized assets made the social co-operative similar to more traditional non-profit forms.

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