Lutte contre la pauvreté et innovation organisationnelle: Le cas de l'incubateur de coopératives populaires à Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Investigating the case of the Technological Incubator for Popular Cooperatives (ITCP) at the University of Rio de Janeiro, this study shows that such an incubator favors the creation of cooperatives through teaching the principles and tools of market and cooperative logics, and increase the legitimacy of those projects. The ITCP also has a mission of popular education, using the creation of cooperatives as way to operate more largely within the favelas. Differences between this specific incubation process and the established practices in new ventures incubation are discussed as well as the potential insights for struggle against poverty. © 2010 Lavoisier.