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L'impresa come bene comune

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  • Tortia, Ermanno

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Le risorse comuni fanno parte della classe di beni quasi-pubblici e sono caratterizzate da rivalità e non-escludibilità nel consumo e nell’utilizzo. Lo sfruttamento e la gestione delle risorse comuni sono stati ampiamente studiati nel filone di letteratura che si origina nel 1990 dal lavoro di Elinor Ostrom. Al contrario, lo studio e l’analisi della presenza e del ruolo economico delle risorse comuni nelle organizzazioni imprenditoriali è stato fino quasi assente. Questo lavoro parte da queste constatazioni ed approfondisce le caratteristiche dell’emergere, delle funzioni e dei limiti economici delle risorse comuni nelle imprese. L’ impresa cooperativa o di mutuo beneficio rappresenta la forma organizzativa che, sia storicamente, sia sulla base delle proprie caratteristiche istituzionali, ha dimostrato di essere maggiormente compatibile con un ruolo centrale per forme di proprietà comune o indivisa. In tale forma imprenditoriale le risorse comuni appaiono svolgere tre funzioni prevalenti: (i) stabilizzazione e crescita del capitale dell’organizzazione per l’effettuazione di investimenti produttivi; (ii) costituzione di garanzie reali nei confronti dei prestiti contratti; (iii) assicurazione del collettivo dei soci contro eventi futuri negativi. La stabilizzazione del capitale dell’impresa, a cui è connessa la crescita dimensionale della stessa, e la costituzione di garanzie reali e di fondi assicurativi rappresentano le funzioni principali della comunalità delle risorse di capitale nelle cooperative.

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  • Tortia, Ermanno, 2014. "L'impresa come bene comune," AICCON Working Papers 131-2013, Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione e del Non Profit.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:aiccon:2013_131
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    Keywords

    imprese cooperative; risorse comuni; rivalità; non-escludibilità; accumulazione di capitale; riserve indivisibili;
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    JEL classification:

    • J78 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Public Policy (including comparable worth)
    • L32 - Industrial Organization - - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise - - - Public Enterprises; Public-Private Enterprises
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises

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