Martine Vézina

HEC Montréal - École des Hautes Études commerciales | HEC Montreal · Department of Management

CNRS 4, FNEGE 4, HCERES C

Both social economy and circular economy have received much attention recently. Yet, the relationship between the two remains under explored. While social economy primarily refers to economic democratization, collective enterprise, and the quest for common good, circular economy tends to focus on environmental sustainability. This article examines...

Quebec is a pioneer in both social economy and social innovation (Wright 2010, Bouchard 2013) as well as in circular economy (Sauvé et al. 2016, Teigiero et al., 2018). In this chapter, we explore how social economy and circular economy policies accompany the transition towards a just and sustainable circular economy, identify areas of convergence,...

Cette étude de cas porte sur une organisation coopérative française dont les membres sont des travailleuses autonomes avec le statut d’entrepreneuse-salariée-associée. L’analyse de Coopaname permet de reconnaître comment cette organisation traduit son projet politique dans des outils de gestion conciliant une logique duale (logiques gestionnaire et...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the organising of social innovation in a large market-based social enterprises from the perspective of dynamic capabilities and social transformation. Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the process by which Desjardins Group launched the Desjardins Environment Fund as the first inve...

This study seeks to understand the nature and process of social innovation driven by mature social economy enterprises, and the innovative capability that supports it. The research examines enterprise capabilities by means of the institutional approach to social innovation and the Resource-Based View theory (RBV). Based on grounded theory, this res...

The blueprint for a co-operative decade following the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives provides an excellent opportunity to look at how the co-operative movement has evolved in recent years and to draw from it some trends for the future. The variety of sectors, the diversity and numerical weight of co-operators and, in some cases, the leadi...

Innovation, adaptation et transformation sociétale : conceptualisation et illustration par les coopératives agricoles.

The authors analyze the tensions in co-operative development by drawing upon the works of the Montréal school of thought on co-operative management, the first contributions of which date to the creation of the Centre for Co-operative management at HEC Montréal in 1975. They suggest that the study of tensions represents a distinctive trait of this s...

There has been a considerable increase in studies dealing with women’s entrepreneurship and with collective entrepreneurship, respectively. However, studies focusing on women’s collective entrepreneurship are far from understanding the conceptualization of the relationship between collective entrepreneurship and women. To help fill this void, the a...

Cette recherche se propose d’explorer le processus de developpement de l’entreprise d’economie sociale issue d’un partenariat fondateur. Nous nous interessons plus particulierement a la facon dont l’entreprise d’economie sociale opere, a travers ses choix d’orientation et organisationnels, l’equilibre entre ses besoins propres de developpement et l...

Cette recherche se propose d’explorer le processus de développement de l’entreprise d’économie sociale issue d’un partenariat fondateur. Nous nous intéressons plus particulièrement à la façon dont l’entreprise d’économie sociale opère, à travers ses choix d’orientation et organisationnels, l’équilibre entre ses besoins propres de développement et l...

This paper investigates the foundations of cooperative identity and how it is constructed by the organisation. More specifically, our research focuses on a financial cooperative in the simultaneously emerging and consolidating cultural sector. The originality of this paper lies in the methodology used—textual analysis. We use the Economies of Worth...

The evolution of the collective enterprise may be conceptualized in three phases throwing into relief five strategies for the creation of value. The first corresponds to the emergence of a collective enterprise, an innovation in itself. The second, the spread of the innovation by replication, is linked to federalization and to the beginning of stan...

Collective Enterprises in the Health Sector: An Institutional and Organizational Innovation In the debates surrounding the management of healthcare systems, there is a tendency to limit analysis to models of public and private for-profit organizations, thus neglecting the growing importance of so-called “collective” enterprises, such as cooperative...

Ce texte propose une reflexion sur les enjeux et les modalites de prestation de services publics par des organisations cooperatives. Les auteurs s’attachent tout d’abord a decrire le contexte de cette problematique recente, autour de la dynamique de recomposition des rapports entre Etat, marche, economie sociale et cooperative. Pourquoi sous-traite...

The authors analyze the tensions in co-operative development by drawing upon the works of the Montréal school of thought on co-operative management, the first contributions of which date to the creation of the Centre for Co-operative management at HEC Montréal in 1975. They suggest that the study of tensions represents a distinctive trait of this s...