Social Cooperative – an Important Entity of the Social Economy

Florina Oana Virlanuta ()
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Florina Oana Virlanuta: Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania

Economics and Applied Informatics, 2014, issue 2, 57-60

Abstract: Contemporary society is characterized by a number of social problems that have multiple causes that range from structural weaknesses of purely individual factors. In the challenges of globalization phenomenon and in the context of sustainable development needs of humanity, the cooperative movement has an important role. Cooperative organizations have the ability to provide viable alternatives, being the main actors of social economy, along with associations and foundations, putting the human in the center of the activity and bringing another report in the process of creating economic value. Also, the cooperative movement is a solution for the multiple and the difficult economic and social issues of the contemporary world.

Keywords: Social economy; Social cooperative; Globalization; Sustainable development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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