Community Enterprises: Snapshots from Italy

Massimo Albanese
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Massimo Albanese: Department of Economics and Business Studies, University of Genoa, Italy

European Journal of Economics and Business Studies Articles, 2022, vol. 8

Abstract: Community enterprises are not a new type of organisation, but in recent years they have attracted increasing interest for their role in various areas, particularly in depleted contexts. Numerous studies analysed these enterprises in their natural context, but national and international overviews are lacking. We, therefore, do not know how many community enterprises there are, in which sectors they predominantly operate, and so on. Due to the scarcity of data, it is very difficult to provide a picture of community enterprises at the international level, whereas it is more feasible to represent these realities at the national level. Although Italian community enterprises are organisations that are not easily identifiable in the available databases, this paper aims to provide some snapshots to sketch the phenomenon in Italy. The work has a heterogeneous audience because it is of interest to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers. It has implications from a research and practical point of view, as it develops a way to identify Italian community enterprises and provides valuable elements for understanding the efficacy of specific policies and actions, and a piece of knowledge to build a picture of community enterprises.

Keywords: community enterprise; community cooperative; Italy; active citizenship; secondary data analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.26417/999ibx74

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