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The Employment Ecosystem of Bizkaia as an Emerging Common in the Face of the Impact of COVID-19

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  • Ekhi Atutxa

    (Department of Finance and Economics, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Iñigo Calvo-Sotomayor

    (Department of Management, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain)

  • Teresa Laespada

    (Department of Social Psychology, University of Deusto, 48007 Bilbao, Spain)

Abstract

In the context of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain), and from the renewed Commons paradigm, this research analyzes the initial response given by the region’s employment ecosystem. Based on extensive quantitative and qualitative methods, it empirically explores the catalytic role that local public and social entities could play in coordinating an organized and systemic response of the employment-related stakeholders to an external impact, such as the current pandemic. The study of databases specifically provided by the Public Administrations for this research, in combination with two survey processes conducted to the main agents of the ecosystem, led to a greater understanding of the benefits of an organized and systemic reaction. From the community identification of a priori unrecognized impacts by individual actors to the proposal of actions closely connected to their short and long-term needs, the article finally presents recommendations aimed at strengthening the resilience and collaboration of the collective action.

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  • Ekhi Atutxa & Iñigo Calvo-Sotomayor & Teresa Laespada, 2021. "The Employment Ecosystem of Bizkaia as an Emerging Common in the Face of the Impact of COVID-19," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-19, October.
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