COOPERATIVES

The ETH-project «Cooperatives in a changing world» is funded by Mobiliar and connected to the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management.

Cooperatives have a long and rich historical tradition in Switzerland. While the world has changed, human-centered and participative organizations, such as cooperatives, continue representing a potential for local economies and improving people’s lives.

The goals of this interdisciplinary research project are:

Research in order to develop a better understanding of cooperatives as organizations that deliver business value and social impact.
Enhance the visibility and impact of cooperatives at the national and international level.
Develop teaching formats to support cooperatives and corporates interested in social impact with training.

Publications

“Cooperatives in a changing world”, eds.: Michael Ambühl, Stefano Brusoni, Anja Niedworok and Martin Gutmann, Springer Nature 2024

Ongoing Projects

Goal

Understand how profit and non-profit organizations innovate, achieve and scale impact and adapt over time while addressing grand societal challenges.

Associated Persons

Anja Niedworok, Silvia Velmer, Stefano Brusoni

Methods

Qualitative

Goal

Providing an overview of recent developments in resilience research within organization and management studies, with a particular focus on cooperatives.

Associated Persons
Kata Isenring, Anja Niedworok, Stefano Brusoni

Methods
Literature review, case studies

Goal

Understand how different socially oriented organizations collaborate to defeat mafia and generate social impact.

Associated Persons

Silvia Velmer

Methods

Case study

Goal

Outline and analyze the emergence and the impact of the Italian reforms relatively to both social cooperatives and social enterprises.

Associated Persons

Silvia Velmer

Methods

Literature review

Goal

Understand how accountability unfolds and can be analyzed in sustainability reports.

Associated Persons

Silvia Velmer, Anja Niedworok, Stefano Brusoni

Methods

Qualitative

Goal

Understand how and to what extent organizations and people can be trained to adopt new technologies faster and more efficiently in order to become more innovative.

Associated Persons

Anja Niedworok, Stefano Brusoni

Methods

Multiple Methods

Contact

Dr. Anja Niedworok

Professur Technol.&Innovationsmgmt
Weinbergstr. 56/58
8092 Zürich
Switzerland