The recent development of new technologies has enabled the global enhancement of
production in numerous industries. This has caused changes in society on the cultural …

We empirically examine social innovation and openness through a survey of social
enterprise hybrids in the United Kingdom (UK). Social innovation refers to new products …

The current world situation leads us to consider that sustainable development needs to be a
global priority to ensure the future of the planet and improve the quality of life. There is a …

In recent decades, advances in technology have led to the adaptation of business models to
the connected era. This has resulted in the modification of the goals of both startup and …

The cooperative system and especially social cooperatives are increasingly regarded as a
fundamental tool in the transition from the welfare state to the welfare society. In Italy …

Through the comparison of conventional firms (CFs) with worker cooperatives (WCs), which
are a type of collective enterprise with significant experience in cooperation, this research …

Interest in alternative enterprises is again high, yielding a wave of popular experimentation
with alternative organizational models, and new scholarship. From an organizational studies …

The literature on entrepreneurship has developed a huge body of fruitful research to explain
why women do not engage in business as often as men. However, relatively little is known …

Although most SMEs are corporations, a substantial proportion are cooperatives and direct
competitors in the same business areas. Cooperatives are an organizational alternative …

Co-operative and mutual enterprise is one of the oldest and most enduring forms of
business, encompassing co-operatives, mutual firms, friendly societies, and credit unions …