Category: economy
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Fascinating Panel at fi-compass event on Worker Buyouts
A fascinating panel on both existing financial instruments for facilitating worker buyouts of enterprises and an engaging discussion on the need for new and improved support structures for encouraging awareness and adoption of such mechanisms. Featuring Alessandro Viola (Italy, CFI), Thierry Perrin (France, Les SCOPs), Pedro Blazquez (Spain, COCETA) and Tej Gonza (Slovenia, Center for…
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Two Talks at the Royal Academy of Belgium on a Sustainable Agenda for the Firm
I had the privilege of giving two keynote lectures as Chaire SFPI of the Academie Royale de Belgique, within the College Belgique, in October. The first of these was entitled Embedding Firms within the Mission Economy, and attempts to introduce and problematize the dual nature of sustainability (i.e. environmental and social), seeking to understand whether…
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New Master’s and PhD Program in Cooperation & Sustainability!
The good news has been rolling in for Cooperative Economics, of late. Just last week, Routledge expressed interest and support in a new Handbook of Cooperative Economics. Now, our application for approval of a new Master’s and PhD program in sustainability and cooperation has been approved! This is wonderful news and means that, soon, we…
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“Embedding Firms within the Mission Economy. Why Should the Firm Be Part of a Sustainable Agenda?”
Images from my first lecture as part of the cycle on Sustainable Investments at the firm-level in the beautiful “Salle Maria-Theresia” at the Palais d’Academie. With this talk, and the talk next week, I am initiating my research fellowship at the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium as “SFPI Chair”. The…
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Several (fascinating) new videos online!
Module 3, #CooperativeEconomics, is nearly complete. Video 4, on #multistakeholding and multistakeholder coops is one of, I think, the most engaging discussions in all four modules. It shows how the role of single individuals, here a psychiatrist named Franco Basaglia, can sometimes change the course of history. Check it out!