www.ehu.es/basterretxea Imanol Basterretxea University of the Basque Country, Spain www.ehu.es/basterretxea Research on cooperatives. Reflections on research motivations, methodology and publishing approaches. Université de Limoges. Ecole doctorale "Sociétés et Organisations" Limoges, France, 26 Janvier 2012
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Imanol Basterretxea
University of the Basque Country, Spain
www.ehu.es/basterretxea
Research on cooperatives. Reflections on research motivations, methodology
and publishing approaches.
Université de Limoges. Ecole doctorale "Sociétés et Organisations"
Researching on cooperatives1 ) What is Social Economy?… too many theoretical approaches related to the
Social Economy concept.2) Some possible risks of researchers on cooperatives:
– Being too passionate and lack of objectivity.– Methodological difficulties in quantitative studies:
• Relatively small population• Extremely small population when the study is limited to one single industry• Very large response rate needed
– Scientific curiosity is not enough. We don’t pay our research out of our pocket.– Scarcity of journals to communicate your findings.
3) In what conferences and meetings should I present my papers?4) Publish or perish. Selecting a journal to submit my work on cooperatives.
– ISI (Thomson Reuters) journals, a very difficult but possible task.– Specialized Journals.
5) “Comparative research and publication approach on cooperatives vs capital firms: an intelligent and synergic move.
6) Some examples of research on cooperatives.7) Open Discussion
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1) What is Social Economy?… too many theoretical approaches related to the Social
Economy concept.
• Is there really a shared core identity, or is Social Economy “out of focus”?
CHAPTER 3IDENTIFICATION OF THE ACTORS OR GROUPS INCLUDED IN THE SOCIAL ECONOMY CONCEPT
3. Identification of the actors or groups included in the Social Economy concept3.1. A definition of the Social Economy that fits in with the national accounts systems
3.2. The market or business sub-sector of the Social Economy
A. Co-operativesB. Mutual societies
C. Social economy business groupsD. Other social economy companies (social enterprises, sociedades
laborales,…)E. Non-profit institutions serving social economy entities
3.3. The non-market sub-sector of the Social Economy
4) Publish or perish. Selecting a journal to submit my work on cooperativism.
• Increasing demands to publish to get a job and to be promoted– Professeur d'Université. (4 JCR)– Maître de Conférence– Attache Temporaire d’Enseignement et de Recherche
• Tutoring Phd thesis (2 JCR)
• Allocation of funds, grants and Research Projects from government and other funding agencies to University
• Allocation of resources within a University
• Rankings of Universities. Prestige and reputation, positive effects on the inflow of students
CIRIEC-España, Revista de Economía Pública, Social y Cooperativa Indexed in many international bases: (ECONLIT (Economic Literature); LATINDEX; International Bibliography of Social Sciences (IBSS); REDALyC; ULRICH'S;…)
Highly valued in Spain, and well positioned to enter ISI and/or SCOPUShttp://www.ciriec-revistaeconomia.es/
- Develop a portfolio of papers
Valued in France by the AERES (Agence d’évaluation de la recherche et de l’enseignement supérieur)
• Using slideshare to communicate your powerpoint presentations on conferences
• Science in the open http://www.slideshare.net/CameronNeylon/science-in-the-open
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Communicating your findings and establishing a dialogue with practitioners on cooperatives
Communicating your research to a wider public.
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Research Strategies: Specialization vs “Salami slicing” publication approach
• Research Strategy 1: Specialization on cooperatives, and become an “expert”.
• Research Strategy 2: Comparative publication approach and research on cooperatives vs. capital firms. – Get data from big samples, including cooperatives and ordinary firms, and report findings in 2 different end publications.
• One in the general research field• Other one in a journal on cooperatives
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Research Strategy 2: Get data from big samples, including cooperatives and ordinary firms, and report comparative findings