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Working Papers

2025

1. The economics and finance of dividend-based labor remuneration and tradable shares in worker cooperatives
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2024

2. Dividends, labor remuneration, and capitalization in worker cooperatives. Worker shareholding
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2021

3. Employment protection regimes and dismissal of members in worker cooperatives
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2020

4. Finance, Property Rights and Productivity in Italian Cooperatives
   Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises)
   Also in DEM Working Papers, Department of Economics and Management (2019)
   Edinburgh School of Economics Discussion Paper Series, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh (2019)
5. Social Incubators and Social Innovation in Cities: A Qualitative Analysis
   CIRIEC Working Papers, CIRIEC - Université de Liège

2019

6. Employment protection regimes in worker co-operatives: dismissal of worker members and distributive fairness
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
7. The Institutions of Livelihood and Social Enterprise Systems
   Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises)
   See also Journal Article The Institutions of Livelihood and Social Enterprise Systems, Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) (2023)

2018

8. A comparative institutional approach to co-operative self-finance: locked assets, divisible and indivisible reserves
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2017

9. EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT AS A WORKER INSURANCE DEVICE. Wage setting in worker owned enterprises
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)
   Also in CIRIEC Working Papers, CIRIEC - Université de Liège (2017) View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Equilibrium unemployment as a worker insurance device: wage setting in worker owned enterprises, Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, Springer (2019) View citations (9) (2019)
10. Equilibrium unemployment as a worker insurance device: Worker insurance and wage setting in worker owned enterprises
    DEM Working Papers, Department of Economics and Management View citations (1)
11. The Firm as a Common. The Case of the Accumulation and Use of Capital Resources in Co-operative Enterprises
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises)
    Also in MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2017)
12. The notion of social responsibility across different types of nonprofit and for profit organizations
    Econometica Working Papers, Econometica View citations (1)

2016

13. A needs theory of governance
    Econometica Working Papers, Econometica View citations (3)
    Also in AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit (2016) View citations (3)
14. Corporate social responsibility is just a twist in a Möbius Strip: An empirical test on Italian cooperatives
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
15. Human resource management practices and organizational performance. The mediator role of immaterial satisfaction in Italian Social Cooperatives
    Documentos de Trabajo, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza View citations (3)

2014

16. A human growth perspective on organizational resources, worker satisfaction and firm performance
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises)
17. L'impresa come bene comune
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit
18. Workers' propensity to cooperate with colleagues and the general population: a comparison based on a field experiment
    Econometica Working Papers, Econometica

2013

19. Employer moral hazard and wage rigidity. The case of worker-owned and investor-owned firms
    Econometica Working Papers, Econometica View citations (2)
    Also in DEM Discussion Papers, Department of Economics and Management (2013)
    See also Journal Article Employer moral hazard and wage rigidity. The case of worker owned and investor owned firms, International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier (2015) View citations (18) (2015)
20. Employer moral hazard, wage rigidity and worker cooperatives: A theoretical appraisal
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Employer Moral Hazard, Wage Rigidity, and Worker Cooperatives: A Theoretical Appraisal, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2014) View citations (15) (2014)
21. Employer’s moral hazard and wage rigidity
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
22. From the Neoliberal to the Participatory Firm
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit
23. Human capital, creative class and regional economic performance: A dynamic panel analysis
    EERI Research Paper Series, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels View citations (2)
24. The Internal and External Governance of Cooperatives: Membership and Consistency of Values
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises)
25. The Silver Lining Of Cooperation
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit View citations (1)

2012

26. A �Human Growth� Perspective on Organizational Resources and Firm Performance
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia
27. Do cooperative enterprises create social trust?
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (16)
    Also in EERI Research Paper Series, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels (2012) View citations (8)
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) (2012) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Do cooperative enterprises create social trust?, Small Business Economics, Springer (2014) View citations (31) (2014)
28. The internal and external governance of cooperatives: the effective membership and consistency of value
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit

2011

29. Employer’s moral hazard and the emergence of worker cooperatives
    Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis. Working Papers, University of Turin View citations (2)
30. The firm as a common. The case of accumulation and use of common resources in mutual benefit organizations
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (5)

2010

31. A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF COOPERATIVE FIRMS: Self-defined rules, common resources, motivations, and incentives
    Econometica Working Papers, Econometica View citations (3)
32. Incentives, job satisfaction and performance: empirical evidence in italian social enterprises
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) View citations (8)
33. The Growth of Organizational Variety in Market Economies: The Case of Social Enterprises
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) View citations (8)

2009

34. Productivity, wages and intrinsic motivation in social enterprises
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit View citations (18)
35. The role of cooperative and social enterprises: A multifaceted approach for an economic pluralism
    Euricse Working Papers, Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) View citations (14)

2006

36. Worker satisfaction and perceived fairness: result of a survey in public, and non-profit organizations
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia View citations (1)

2005

37. The accumulation of Capital in Labour-Managed Firms: Divisible Reserves and Bonds
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit View citations (1)

2004

38. Dalla Cooperazione Mutualistica alla Cooperazione Sociale
    AICCON Working Papers, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit View citations (4)
39. Worker involvement in entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations. Toward a new assessment of workers' perceived satisfaction and fairness
    Department of Economics Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of Trento, Italia

Journal Articles

2025

1. Stakeholders self‐organization and adaptive governance in social enterprises: Membership representation, worker control and client orientation
   Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 2025, 42, (2), 396-410

2024

2. A needs theory of governance: taking transaction cost theory back to humanistic economics and self-actualisation
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2024, 20, -
3. Dividend-Based Labor Remuneration and Tradable Shares in Worker Cooperatives
   Risks, 2024, 13, (1), 1-22

2023

4. The Institutions of Livelihood and Social Enterprise Systems
   Forum for Social Economics, 2023, 52, (3), 282-297
   See also Working Paper The Institutions of Livelihood and Social Enterprise Systems, Euricse Working Papers (2019) (2019)

2022

5. A Human Growth Perspective on Sustainable HRM Practices, Worker Well-Being and Organizational Performance
   Sustainability, 2022, 14, (17), 1-22 View citations (8)
6. Co‐operative enterprise anti‐cyclicality and the economic crisis: A comparative analysis of employment dynamics in Italy
   Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2022, 93, (3), 551-577 View citations (2)
7. Labour and Value: Rethinking Marx’s Theory of Exploitation
   Review of Political Economy, 2022, 34, (4), 810-812
8. Strong client orientation, little leverage in nonprofit firms?
   Small Business Economics, 2022, 58, (1), 541-563 View citations (1)
9. Worker Involvement and Performance in Italian Social Enterprises: The Role of Motivations, Gender and Workload
   Sustainability, 2022, 14, (2), 1-20 View citations (3)

2021

10. David Ellerman: Neo-Abolitionism: Abolishing Human Rentals in Favor of Workplace Democracy
    Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 2021, 10, (2), 77-82
11. The Resilience and Adaptative Strategies of Italian Cooperatives during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Foresight and STI Governance, 2021, 15, (4), 78-88 View citations (3)
12. The effect on economic development of creative class versus human capital: panel evidence from German regions
    European Planning Studies, 2021, 29, (1), 75-93 View citations (1)

2020

13. Governing cooperatives in the context of individual motives
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2020, 48, (2), 181-203 View citations (3)
14. Social Enterprises and Welfare Systems. The Role of Multi-stakeholder Governance and Price Discrimination
    Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 2020, 9, (2), 23-44 View citations (1)
15. Social Enterprises: Evolution of the Organizational Model and Application to the Italian Case
    Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2020, 10, (4), 26 View citations (7)
16. The ‘protective function’ of social enterprises: understanding the renewal of multiple sets of motivations
    Review of Social Economy, 2020, 78, (3), 373-410 View citations (1)
17. Why are social enterprises good candidates for social innovation? Looking for personal and institutional drivers of innovation
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2020, 91, (3), 459-477 View citations (18)

2019

18. Equilibrium unemployment as a worker insurance device: wage setting in worker owned enterprises
    Economia Politica: Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics, 2019, 36, (3), 653-671 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper EQUILIBRIUM UNEMPLOYMENT AS A WORKER INSURANCE DEVICE. Wage setting in worker owned enterprises, MPRA Paper (2017) View citations (1) (2017)
19. The Annual Conference of the Italian Society for Law and Economics (ISLE)
    Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 2019, 8, (1), 84-87

2018

20. Editorial: Background and Further Perspectives on Social Innovation in Social Enterprises
    Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 2018, 7, (1), 1-13
21. L'impresa sociale italiana nella prospettiva economico-manageriale
    Analisi Giuridica dell'Economia, 2018, (1), 45-70
22. The Firm as a Common. Non-Divided Ownership, Patrimonial Stability and Longevity of Co-Operative Enterprises
    Sustainability, 2018, 10, (4), 1-18 View citations (14)

2016

23. THE EXTENDED GOVERNANCE OF COOPERATIVE FIRMS: INTER-FIRM COORDINATION AND CONSISTENCY OF VALUES
    Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2016, 87, (1), 93-116 View citations (9)

2015

24. Employer moral hazard and wage rigidity. The case of worker owned and investor owned firms
    International Review of Law and Economics, 2015, 43, (C), 227-237 View citations (18)
    See also Working Paper Employer moral hazard and wage rigidity. The case of worker-owned and investor-owned firms, Econometica Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2014

25. Do cooperative enterprises create social trust?
    Small Business Economics, 2014, 42, (3), 621-641 View citations (31)
    See also Working Paper Do cooperative enterprises create social trust?, MPRA Paper (2012) View citations (16) (2012)
26. Employer Moral Hazard, Wage Rigidity, and Worker Cooperatives: A Theoretical Appraisal
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2014, 48, (3), 707-726 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Employer moral hazard, wage rigidity and worker cooperatives: A theoretical appraisal, AICCON Working Papers (2013) View citations (2) (2013)

2013

27. Agricultural cooperatives
    Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 2013, 2, (1), 23-36 View citations (19)
    Also in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2013, 2, (1), 23-36 (2013) View citations (15)
28. Productivity, wages and intrinsic motivations
    Small Business Economics, 2013, 41, (2), 379-399 View citations (21)
29. Satisfaction with Creativity: A Study of Organizational Characteristics and Individual Motivation
    Journal of Happiness Studies, 2013, 14, (6), 1789-1811 View citations (7)

2008

30. Worker well-being and perceived fairness: Survey-based findings from Italy
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2008, 37, (5), 2080-2094 View citations (16)

2006

31. Organizational innovations, human resources and firm performance: The Emilia-Romagna food sector
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2006, 35, (1), 123-141 View citations (18)

2004

32. Adoption of Techno-Organizational Innovations, and Industrial Relations in Manifacturing Firms: An Analysis for Local Industrial System
    Economia politica, 2004, (1), 11-52 View citations (9)
33. Organizational Innovations, Human Resources and Industrial Relations
    Rivista di Politica Economica, 2004, 94, (1), 197-242 View citations (4)

2003

34. Property Rights, Distribution of Value Added, and Accumulation of Capital in Labour Managed Firms
    Economia politica, 2003, (2), 251-286 View citations (8)

Edited books

2018

1. Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development
   Taylor & Francis books, Taylor & Francis

Chapters

2024

1. Cooperative Enterprises and the Ecological Transition. Self-Organization of Stakeholders, Multi-Stakeholder Governance, and Sustainability Goals
   Springer
2. The Social Economy and Utopia: Paradoxes, Realism and the Theory of Complex Social Systems
   Chapter 8 in Imagine, Studying the Relationship between Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) and Imaginary in the Era of Capitalocene, 2024, vol. 6, pp 135-148

2018

3. Internal organization and governance
   Chapter 14 in Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management, 2018, pp 285-299 View citations (1)

2011

4. Testing the Distributive Effects of Social Enterprises: The Case of Italy
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (2)

2009

5. Creativity and Institution Building: The Case of Italian Social Cooperatives
   Chapter 8 in Knowledge in the Development of Economies, 2009
6. Perceived Fairness and Worker Well-Being in Public, For-Profit and NonProfit Firms: Evidence from the Italian Social Service Sector
   Springer View citations (3)
   Also in Chapter 7 in Paid and Unpaid Labour in the Social Economy. An International Perspective, 2009, pp 97-114 (2009) View citations (3)

2007

7. Self-financing in Labor-managed Firms (LMFs): Individual Capital Accounts and Bonds
   A chapter in Cooperative Firms in Global Markets, 2007, pp 233-261