Trends and Challenges of the Italian Third Sector in the Field of Community Assets Regeneration. New Convergences between Public Benefit and Social Entrepreneurship

The Paper investigates the challenges of the Italian Third Sector through the lens of their in-volvement in the management of community assets, such as when real estate and public spaces are re-generated on the purpose of activities of social interest, for instance confiscated properties to organized criminality, state-owned, religious corporations, and companies. Adopting the methodology of 'nested analysis', the paper explores quantitative data obtained from the ISTAT Census of non profit institutions, and qualitative data obtained from more than 50 case studies dealt with in recent scientific publications. Subsequently, the study further deepens the evidence emerged through the presentation and discussion of two case studies carried out by the authors: the Ex-Asilo Filangieri in Naples and Forte Marghera in Ven-ice. The Paper highlighted that actions of the Third Sector in the field of regeneration of community assets for social aims have not to be treated as nonprofit "industry", in which general trends towards publicness and entrepreneurship are very noticeable. On the contrary, it looks like a field in which new forms of the Third Sector are emerging, and we can sort them as "enterprising community"

Nuevos directivos para nuevas cooperativas. La figura del empresario social en las cooperativas sociales italianas

The development of social co-operation in Italy can be considered not only through traditional interpretation but also by the presence of a special type of manager, namely the “social entrepreneur”, who plays an important role in the development of firms of this kind, and who has helped them become widespread throughout the country. Social entrepreneurs are an innovation in co-operative management, not only for their career development and cultural baggage, but also because of their “style” of management, geared towards the complex system of relationships with the co-operativists, users and persons outside the social co-operative. All these considerations help place social entrepreneurs in a central position, rather than on a superior level, from where they obtain a general view of the organisation’s working. Parallel to this, there is the risk of both capability and power being excessively concentrated, and as such contrasting with the democratic character of the co-operative model.Managers, social co-operatives, Italy, social entrepreneurs.

Territorial Development as an Innovation Driver: A Complex Network Approach

Rankings are a well-established tool to evaluate the performance of actors in different sectors of the economy, and their use is increasing even in the context of the startup ecosystem, both on a regional and on a global scale. Although rankings meet the demand for measurability and comparability, they often provide an oversimplified picture of the status quo, which, in particular, overlooks the variability of the socio-economic conditions in which the quantified results are achieved. In this paper, we describe an approach based on constructing a network of world countries, in which links are determined by mutual similarity in terms of development indicators. Through the instrument of community detection, we perform an unsupervised partition of the considered set of countries, aimed at interpreting their performance in the StartupBlink rankings. We consider both the global ranking and the specific ones (quality, quantity, business). After verifying if community membership is predictive of the success of a country in the considered ranking, we rate country performances in terms of the expectation based on community peers. We are thus able to identify cases in which performance is better than expected, providing a benchmark for countries in similar conditions, and cases in which performance is below the expectation, highlighting the need to strengthen the innovation ecosystem

Comunità cooperative. Terzo rapporto sulla cooperazione sociale in Italia

Il terzo rapporto sulla cooperazione sociale fornisce vari elementi conoscitivi che consentono di definire meglio i modelli interpretativi a spiegazione del successo e della grande crescita della cooperazione sociale. Il focus del presente rapporto è pertanto rivolto sia a spiegare lo sviluppo della cooperazione sociale che il differenziarsi dei modelli organizzativi presenti al suo interno.- Indice #4- Prefazione #10- Cap.I I contenuti del terzo rapporto sulla cooperazione sociale, Carlo Borzaga e Flaviano Zandonai #18- Cap.II I dati ministeriali: una fotografia della cooperazione sociale, Gianfranco Marocchi #46- Cap.III Le cooperative sociali nel nonprofit italiano: convergenze e divergenze strutturali, Nereo Zamaro #74- Cap.IV L’inserimento lavorativo nelle cooperative sociali, Gianfranco Marocchi #98- Cap.V La cooperazione sociale a livello locale: il caso della Lombardia, Alessandro Ronchi #120- Cap.VI Peculiarità e modelli delle cooperative sociali, Carlo Borzaga e Sara Depedri #144- Cap.VII Le reti tra cooperative sociali: il fenomeno consortile, Emmanuele Pavolini #188- Cap.VIII Alcune riflessioni sulla natura imprenditoriale della cooperazione sociale, Michele Andreaus #222- Appendice #258- Dentro le regioni #260- Bibliografia #33

Beni comuni. Quarto rapporto sulla cooperazione sociale in Italia

A dieci anni dalla prima edizione, il quarto rapporto sulla cooperazione sociale aggiorna e amplia il quadro conoscitivo su uno dei più innovativi fenomeni imprenditoriali, che ha contribuito ad arricchire il panorama delle istituzioni sociali del paese.- Indice #5- Premessa di Marco Demarie #13- Presentazione di Corrado Passera #15- Prefazione di Vilma Mazzocco e Johnny Dotti #21- Cap.I La cooperazione sociale in Italia: tendenze evolutive e scenari di sviluppo, Flaviano Zandonai #33- Cap.II Un quadro teorico sull’impresa sociale, Carlo Borzaga #55- Cap.III Le traiettorie di sviluppo della cooperazione sociale, Gianfranco Marocchi #75- Cap.IV Imprenditorialità sociale tra innovazione e controllo dei mercati, Nereo Zamaro #107- Cap.V Cooperazione sociale e Mezzogiorno, Marco Musella #139- Cap.VI Le culture organizzative della cooperazione sociale: identità in movimento, Luca Fazzi e Sandro Stanzani #151- Cap.VII La cooperazione sociale nella rete del welfare locale, Sergio Pasquinelli #187- Cap.VIII I benefici individuali dei lavoratori svantaggiati nelle imprese sociali, Carlo Borzaga, Monica Loss e Domenico Zalla #207- Cap.IX Cooperazione sociale e qualità dei servizi, Giuseppe Scaratti #237- Cap.X La cooperazione sociale in una prospettiva di genere, Barbara Moreschi #265- Cap.XI Cooperativa sociale come impresa sociale? Le condizioni di imprenditorialità nel terzo settore, Michele Andreaus #285- Cap.XII Oltre il contracting out: nuove forme di relazione con le amministrazioni pubbliche, Franco Dalla Mura #319- Cap.XIII Finalità e organizzazione delle cooperative sociali: alcune indicazioni dal nuovo diritto societario, Antonio Fici #349- Cap.XIV L’impresa sociale in Italia: una quantificazione del fenomeno, Stefano Cima #377- Cap.XV Le condizioni di sviluppo delle imprese sociali nelle regioni del Centro-Nord, Carlo Borzaga e Mariangela Mongera #405- Cap.XVI Dal volontariato all’impresa sociale, Gabriella Bartolomeo e Flaviano Zandonai #439- Cap.XVII L’impresa sociale in Europa: alcuni spunti di comparazione, Paola Iamiceli #457- Cap.XVIII La nuova legge sull’impresa sociale, Felice Scalvini #485- Bibliografia #49

Nuovi manager per nuove cooperative. La figura dell'imprenditore sociale nelle cooperative sociali italiane

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La coopération sociale en Italie, entre consolidation et transformation

Ce texte présente les évolutions marquantes de la coopération sociale italienne à partir des données contenues dans le troisième rapport réalisé sur ce thème. Instituée juridiquement en Italie au début des années 90 (voir Recma, nos 258 et 266), acteur essentiel de l’aide sociale et de l’insertion, elle ne cesse de se développer aussi bien sur le plan quantitatif qu’en termes de visibilité dans l’ensemble du pays. À l’heure où la question de l’entreprise sociale vient sur le devant de la scène, l’article souligne comment l’expérience de la coopérative sociale a pu alimenter les réflexions. Les réseaux se multiplient également, et leur rôle de représentation de la coopération sociale au niveau local leur donne une dimension stratégique de plus en plus prégnante. Deux modèles de coopératives se dégagent; s’ils sont destinés à coexister, ils éclairent néanmoins un certain nombre de choix qui s’imposent aujourd’hui en matière de gouvernance, structure organisationnelle, appartenance à un réseau.This text presents the main developments in the Italian social cooperative movement based on the data contained in the third report written on this subject. Legally instituted in Italy in the early 1980s (see Recma nos. 258 and 266) and an essential actor in social welfare and inclusion, Italian social cooperatives have continuously expanded both numerically and in terms of their visibility throughout the country. At a time when the issue of social enterprises has been receiving much attention, this article shows how the social cooperative experience can contribute to the debate. The networks have been multiplying as well, and their role in representing social cooperation at the local level has been giving them an increasingly meaningful strategic dimension. Two models of cooperatives emerge. Although they are bound to co-exist, they illustrate a certain number of strategic choices that have to be made today

Le développement du multisociétariat dans la coopération sociale en Italie

Le développement de la coopération sociale en Italie a connu un essor considérable et cette dernière peut être analysée selon plusieurs lectures complémentaires. Dans une première partie, l’article rappelle les raisons qui ont soutenu la naissance et l’évolution de ces organisations en partant d’une analyse « traditionnelle » présentant les données générales de la coopération sociale italienne sur la base de la dernière étude présentée par l’Institut national de la statistique (Istat). La deuxième partie décrit succinctement les facteurs de diversité qui sont à l’origine des parcours évolutifs des coopératives sociales. La troisième partie se concentre sur une variable particulière, le « multisociétariat », c’est-à-dire la diffusion dans les coopératives sociales des expériences de gouvernance ouvertes à différents types d’associés. Cette partie constitue l’objet principal de cette contribution. La quatrième et dernière partie contient diverses réflexions synthétiques, visant à déterminer quelques « trajectoires de développement » de la coopération sociale à court et moyen termes.Social cooperatives in Italy have seen a considerable growth and this development can be analyzed according to several complementary readings. In its first part, the article starts from a "traditional" analysis presenting the general data of the Italian social cooperatives on the basis of the last survey presented by the national institute of the statistical (Istat) and analyses the reasons behind the birth and the evolution of these organizations. The second part describes briefly the factors of diversity that are at the origin of the evolutionary trajectory of the social cooperatives. The third part concentrates on a particular variable, the "multistakeholder" structure, which is the diffusion in the social cooperatives of open experiences of governance to different types of members. This part constitutes the main object of this contribution. The fourth and last part contains various synthetic reflections aiming to determine some"trajectories of development" of social cooperatives in the short and mid terms

Trends and Challenges of the Italian Third Sector in the Field of Community Assets Regeneration. New Convergences between Public Benefit and Social Entrepreneurship

The Paper investigates the challenges of the Italian Third Sector through the lens of their in-volvement in the management of community assets, such as when real estate and public spaces are re-generated on the purpose of activities of social interest, for instance confiscated properties to organized criminality, state-owned, religious corporations, and companies. Adopting the methodology of 'nested analysis', the paper explores quantitative data obtained from the ISTAT Census of non profit institutions, and qualitative data obtained from more than 50 case studies dealt with in recent scientific publications. Subsequently, the study further deepens the evidence emerged through the presentation and discussion of two case studies carried out by the authors: the Ex-Asilo Filangieri in Naples and Forte Marghera in Ven-ice. The Paper highlighted that actions of the Third Sector in the field of regeneration of community assets for social aims have not to be treated as nonprofit "industry", in which general trends towards publicness and entrepreneurship are very noticeable. On the contrary, it looks like a field in which new forms of the Third Sector are emerging, and we can sort them as "enterprising community"