The socio-economic impact of cooperatives and mutuals : Impact socio-économique des coopératives et des mutuelles : quand le passé inspire le futur : contribution des coopératives et des mutuelles à un monde meilleur

So, the availability of the information, the scale of the task, the time imparted to us and the relative representativeness of the businesses guided our choices for the sampling, and this, with an aim to enriching the analyses of the case studies of cooperatives that were not listed on Global 300. [...] Definitions The object of this study is to consider the socio-economic impact of cooperatives and mutuals and the contribution of their identity on the results. [...] It is therefore between the inter-relationships and inter-dependencies, between the values and principles, between the association and the enterprise, between the theory and the practice that we better understand the cooperative model, its complexity and its strength. [...] Too often, the analysis of the dynamics and results of cooperatives and mutuals, in the frame of reference of the traditional business or public business, inevitably leads to faulty conclusions that tend to require that the cooperative or mutual abandon its values and identity to become more like other organizations. [...] Thus, in view of the definition, we can say that, in this study, we seek to define and measure the effect produced by cooperatives and mutuals and the socio-economic influence they exert within and without their organization in the dynamics of contributing to the betterment of the world.