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Authors: Raymond Saner Lichia Saner-Yiu Publication date: 14 April 2026 Publication categories: Working papers Tags: Cooperatives; Cooperative ESG; Governance; Boundary workers; Members versus externals; Platform support Cooperatives are frequently presumed to align with sustainability due to their democratic governance and...

Principles and values associated with the SSE played an important role in the early production and use of ICT. What began with the ‘free software movement’ which promoted the development of operating systems and applications for computers, servers and smartphones...

Raymond Saner, Lichia Yiu & Melanie Nguyen (2019) PLATFORM COOPERATIVES: THE SOCIAL AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK: A Preliminary Assessment of Platform Capitalism and Platform Cooperativism and their Effects on Workers’ Satisfaction Article

Paper and Presentation given during the UNTFSSE Conference: “Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: What Role for Social and Solidarity Economy?”, held on 25-26 June 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. Article

This paper focuses on the options that are available for older persons and their respective society to rethink housing and urban planning to better fit the needs and aspirations of older people. In addition, the paper also addresses the psycho-social...

The Sinergie - Sima XXIX Annual Conference was held at the University of Napoli Federico II in Italy on 15-16 June 2017. The theme of the annual conference was Value co-creation: management challenges for business and society. The CSEND team...

Sinergie-SIMA 2017 Conference “Value co-creation: management challenges for business and society” University of Naples Federico II, 15-16 June 2017 – Italy Paper presented for the conference Raymond Saner & Lichia Yiu; “A literature analysis of organisational growth challenges of Cooperatives...

Cooperative enterprises are major players in the global economy. They range from small grassroots initiatives to multibillion dollar businesses and operate in all sectors of the economy. The panel will start with a theoretical presentation of the links between cooperatives...

This rubric contains policy briefs which focus on trade, development, aid effectiveness, climate change, FDI as well as other themes covered by the mandate of CSEND and its related branches and organizations. List of policy briefs: 1 Aid Effectiveness, November...