Publications

The Alphonse and Dorimène Desjardins International Institute for Cooperatives regularly publishes articles and research reports in the field of cooperatives. These publications are available for downloading in PDF format on CoopGateway.

Exposure at default: drivers for Canadian cooperative sector

Author(s): Inmaculada Buendía-Martínez , Yenni Redjah, Jean Roy | December 2021 - This paper seeks to contribute to the literature identifying the determinants of exposure at default (EAD) on the revolving credit lines granted to individuals contrasting with past empirical studies on EAD for corporate loans.

Exposure at default: drivers for Canadian cooperative sector2022-03-09T11:52:43-04:00

Who Owns the Circular Economy? An Exploration of the Intersection of Social Economy and Circular Economy in Québec

Author(s): Koorosh Behrang, Marie-France Bellemare, Cynthia Poirier, Emmanuel Raufflet, Rafael Ziegler | November 2021 - This chapter is part of a new research project on the intersection of circular economy and social economy, led by HEC Montréal professors Martine Vézina, Emmanuel Raufflet and Rafael Ziegler. 

Who Owns the Circular Economy? An Exploration of the Intersection of Social Economy and Circular Economy in Québec2022-06-16T11:35:44-04:00

Adapting to a Changing World: How Co-ops and Mutuals Offer a New Leadership Model

Author(s) : Eric Brat, Hampton Carey, Sebastien D’Incau, Frederic Lepoutre and Greig Schneider | May 2021 - This article discusses the questions of authenticity and agility in decision making through the prism of the cooperative model, in an era where the young generation of leaders is demonstrating a marked interest in coop values.

Adapting to a Changing World: How Co-ops and Mutuals Offer a New Leadership Model2021-10-13T14:16:55-04:00

Innovation: The Cooperative Enterprise by and for Millennials

Author(s): Quentin Jeandeau, Nabila Ouchene, Eric Brat, Inmaculada Buendía Martínez | November 2019 This study explores the attraction and retention practices and policies of Millennials in cooperative enterprises, based on their employment values, criteria and expectations.

Innovation: The Cooperative Enterprise by and for Millennials2021-11-25T16:39:38-04:00

Invoking « Alphonse: » The founder figure as a symbolic resource in organizational identity work and strategic change

Author(s): Joëlle Basque, Ann Langley | August 2018 - This article explores analysis of archival data from the internal magazine La Revue Desjardins from its first publication in 1935 to 2015 by examining the ways in which the figure of the founder (deceased in 1920) was used during the time in the life of the organization to reformulate, maintain, strengthen or revise organizational identity, and to legitimize or constrain organizational renewal.

Invoking « Alphonse: » The founder figure as a symbolic resource in organizational identity work and strategic change2021-11-25T16:50:13-04:00

Innovation: Reinforcing the Local Presence of Cooperatives and Mutuals

Author(s): Éric Brat, Inmaculada Buendía Martínez, François Normandin, Nabila Ouchène | April 2018 - This study, based on a qualitative research, desk research and interviews, explores the challenge of renforcing the local presence of cooperatives and mutuals in their territories with an innovative appproach.

Innovation: Reinforcing the Local Presence of Cooperatives and Mutuals2021-12-02T16:06:41-04:00

Banking and Credit Union Business Models in the United States

Author(s): Rym Ayadi, Michel Keoula, Willem Pieter De Groen, Walid Mathlouthi, Ibtihel Sassi | November 2017 The Bank and Credit Union Business Models in the United States comes in response to the continuous evolution of market structures and regulatory reforms since the 2007-2009 financial crisis in the United States.

Banking and Credit Union Business Models in the United States2021-08-25T10:18:00-04:00

Banks and environmental sustainability: Some financial stability reflections

Author(s): Maria J Nieto | September 2017 - This article quantifies the direct exposure of loans to the high environmental risk sectors of banking systems in the United States, the European Union, China, Japan and Switzerland and analyzes some of the most important challenges facing banks and their regulators.

Banks and environmental sustainability: Some financial stability reflections2021-12-09T12:23:42-04:00
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