Focus and scope

Cooperativismo y Desarrollo (COODES), is a publication of the Center of Studies on Management, Local Development, Tourism and Cooperativism (CE-GESTA) attached to the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences of the University of Pinar del Río "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca", which will be in charge of its direction.

It is a publication addressed to social scientists and professionals linked to cooperativism, management, local development and tourism, as well as to people and institutions interested in the topics it deals with. It will also be an important way to disseminate the cooperative experience of different countries and international institutions related to the University and the Center of Studies.

The publication language is Spanish, and the title, abstract and key words of each article are presented in English. From volume 7 onwards, the articles are also published in full text in English from the translation of the original in Spanish. From volume 8 onwards, the title, abstract and keywords of each article are presented in Portuguese. Its articles are published in HTML and PDF formats for easy access and download.

The general objective of the Cooperativismo y Desarrollo is to promote the theory and practice of cooperativism and development, and to disseminate results of high scientific rigor, theoretical basis, applicability and social impact, to support the processes of education and business training.

Thematic profile

• Social and solidarity economy
• Theory of cooperativism
• Cooperative education
• Cooperative law
• Administration in cooperative enterprises
• Economic-financial management of cooperatives
• Cooperative social management
• Cooperative intercooperation
• Cooperativism and environment
• Cooperativism and local development
• Food sovereignty and food and nutritional security
• Economic actors in function of development
• Processes of science and technological innovation for development
• Information and communication technologies for development
• Human resources management for development
• Tourism management and development
• Value chain management for development
• Legal foundations of public and business management for development
• Corporate social responsibility and territorial development
• Management of sustainable local development
• Workforce management for local development
• Socio-cultural management for local development

Mission: to be a way of disseminating scientific and technical results of research related to the theory and practice of cooperativism and development in Cuba and the world, as well as a space for the exchange of experiences which contributes to the consolidation of the cooperative sector as an actor in economic, productive and social development.

Vision: we are a highly visible and credible journal on cooperativism and development issues, which constitutes a national and international reference for research, teaching and technical-professional training of human resources.

Cooperativismo y Desarrollo has a national and international scope.

Since its foundation in 2013, it presented the following logo:

The scientific community is informed that the logo and interface of Cooperativismo y Desarrollo is updated with the release of the new 2017 volume.