For teacher-researchers in management working with companies sounds obvious! At iaelyon, we have established a chair on the basis of a shared vision with our partner companies, according to which cooperative governance could be a benefit in the goods and services sector and the job market. Of course, it takes time to learn how to bring our two worlds into dialogue but, in the end, it’s really win-win. The company benefits from an in-depth and solid analysis of the problem posed, without the bias of a commercial relationship, and researchers have access to ‘real’ data that is these days essential to establish the legitimacy of their work. Ultimately, it is our students who benefit from this, with findings that cross a researcher-company perspective on current problems faced by managers.
Sonia CAPELLI
Scientific co-manager of the Development of cooperative and mutualist models chair
