English
The objective of this article is to shed light on sociétés coopératives d’intérêt collectif (SCIC) (cooperative companies of collective interest), which have been little studied to date. Because they are characterized by multi-stakeholder membership, SCICs can be a source of tension between different categories of members. The case of a growing SCIC in the organic and short circuit food sector is studied in the light of the institutional economic theory of John R. Commons, and discussions that fuel certain current questions in the literature on the functioning of SCICs are drawn from it.
- SCIC
- cooperatives
- multi-shareholder company
- John R. Commons
- institutional economics