¿Podría estar contribuyendo el cooperativismo a fijar la población en el territorio de Andalucía?

Palma, Lidia Valiente

doi:10.7203/ciriec-e.97.13046

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“…In this way, Andalusian rural society can contribute to a reduction in the social and regional inequalities that are beginning to entrench themselves in Europe. In this regard, cooperatives and their social innovations could contribute to anchoring the population to the land [65]. Not in vain, traditional agriculture has a human dimension, it is the backbone of the territory, it is anchored in rural towns, and it is more environmentally sustainable than capital-intensive agriculture.…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Innovation in Rural Areas? The Case of Andalusian Olive Oil Co-Operatives

Martínez¹,

Cohard²,

Almonacid³

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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Social innovations have been the subject of much academic discussion in recent years and have been approached from multiple scientific perspectives. This work sets out to determine whether innovations carried out by Andalusian olive oil cooperatives can be described in terms of social innovation and if they could run a main role as rural development actors preserving the competitive capacity of farmers and the living conditions in rural Andalusia. Through an analysis of the available literature, the use of municipal statistical data and the conducting of in-depth interviews, we show how cooperatives have been proposed as a solution to the problems that international competition poses for the production activity of olives and olive oil. At present, the most innovative cooperatives are undergoing a slow process of incorporating innovations, above all organisational and management ones, which reach beyond the entities themselves, given the social character that they have in the region, where they are considered a public good. Despite the problems that olive oil cooperatives have historically had in competing in the market, they can contribute to maintaining the population in the rural environment and improving the quality of life in the region, justifying the need for government support.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Innovation in Rural Areas? The Case of Andalusian Olive Oil Co-Operatives

Martínez¹,

Cohard²,

Almonacid³

et al. 2020

Sustainability

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“…In this sense, they participate in the maintenance of local economic activity, giving priority to environmental activities, and generate/reinvest wealth in their environment by helping to improve economic, social, and environmental cohesion, which highlights their commitment both to the community and to the environment [124]. As a consequence of all of the above, social economy companies collaborate in anchoring the population to the territory [18,26,34,125] In short, the bottom-up vision, taken by the social economy, drives development processes by placing local actors as a strategic element in local initiatives, which increases the efficiency of public policies [126] as citizens participate in their design and management, shaping them according to their needs.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Previous studies establish a theoretical framework for demonstrating that social economy companies are involved in the process of local development and consequently in population fixation [21,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]. The main contribution of this work is to present an empirical process analysis model that demonstrates both the direction of the relationships between this type of company and population fixation, as well as their intensity.…”

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The Social Economy as a Factor of Economic Development and Resilience of Population in Rural Areas. A Study of Mediating Effects in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

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Depopulation is a serious problem facing developed countries, among them Spain. It is especially severe in rural areas, where some vicious circles emerge, nourished by reduced infrastructures and services, deteriorated quality of life, the low inflow of new inhabitants, low local development and an aged population. In this context, social economy institutions may be a key factor in the fight against population decline, having a leading role in reactivating economic dynamism through the creation of stable, high-quality jobs, promoting the local endogenous development of rural areas, helping enhance income in those spaces, encouraging the arrival of people and impacting positively on social cohesion, and enabling sustainable growth. This paper focuses on Castilla-La Mancha, an eminently rural region, which is among the areas most severely impacted by the loss of population in Spain. The aim is to analyze the factors that affect the settlement of population, and to demonstrate that social economy institutions may be a resilience factor of rural population. A partial least squares model, composed of 8 constructs related to 21 variables extracted from data for 2017 and 2018 on the 613 municipalities, allows us to demonstrate that the existence of social economy entities helps to anchor population and increase the resilience of this territory.

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“…In particular, the previous deep economic crisis caused the majority of recovering companies to become cooperatives of associated work. Cooperatives consequently facilitate the territorial development of their regions [25]. Therefore, the contribution of these companies is undisputed today, with cooperatives having an important presence in many business sectors.…”

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Leadership Style and Gender: A Study of Spanish Cooperatives

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The growing global need for social cohesion and sustainable development gives visibility to cooperatives because their principles help to achieve these objectives and the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among them, gender equality policies are in the forefront. This paper explains how cooperatives contribute to women’s professional opportunities and to balancing the presence of women in management positions. It analyzes the predominant leadership styles and gender differences in cooperatives with a sample of 114 cooperative firms. The results show that: (a) Both transformational and transactional leadership styles are widely used; (b) no significant differences in leadership styles between men and women exist; and (c) the composition of management teams results in significant leadership style differences. The transformational style is less often used in mixed teams with a male majority and a woman president, and most often used in homogeneous teams (made up of only men or only women). Transactional leadership is more frequently implemented in teams made up only of women than in mixed masculine teams with a female president. These findings identify women’s leadership styles in cooperatives, pointing out their difficulties and introducing innovative proposals for contributing to their success and the achievement of SDGs in cooperatives.

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¿Podría estar contribuyendo el cooperativismo a fijar la población en el territorio de Andalucía?

Cited by 13 publications

References 2 publications

Social Innovation in Rural Areas? The Case of Andalusian Olive Oil Co-Operatives

Social Innovation in Rural Areas? The Case of Andalusian Olive Oil Co-Operatives

The Social Economy as a Factor of Economic Development and Resilience of Population in Rural Areas. A Study of Mediating Effects in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

Leadership Style and Gender: A Study of Spanish Cooperatives

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