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Cet article s'interesse au probleme de la diversite des formes organisationnelles des entreprises de l'economie sociale. Deux grands groupes de theories (ecologie des organisations et approche neoinstitutionnaliste de l'isomorphisme institutionnel) ont mis en evidence les forces contraignantes ou habilitantes de ces formes organisationnelles. A partir des donnees portant sur l'economie sociale de Montreal, nous mobilisons des methodes diversifiees (analyse discriminante et analyse en classes latentes) pour tester ces deux theories concurrentes. En conclusion nous discutons les faits stylises ainsi etablis. Nos resultats semblent confirmer l'approche en ecologie des organisations, tout en soulignant l'importance de nouveaux travaux empiriques. This article addresses the problem of the diversity of social economy organizational forms. Two theoretical approaches (organizational ecology and neo-institutionalism approach focusing on institutional isomorphism) establish the main forces and determinants of these organizational forms. With data from a survey on Montreal social economy, we use diversified methods (discriminant analysis and latent class analysis) to test these two concurrent theories. As a conclusion, we discuss the established stylized facts. Our results are supportive of the organizational ecology approach, while calling for new empirical investigations., L'economie sociale designe les activites economiques productrices de biens et de services realisees pas des cooperatives, des associations et des mutuelles. Souvent identifiee par le vocable de <> ou <> [...]

The health crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic has affected the entire world population globally and the consequences have been different in each country. Predictably, the most vulnerable populations have suffered the most devastating consequences in terms of health, unemployment and increased inequality. In some countries the informal economy has become larger than the formal economy. The Social and Solidarity Economy (hereafter SSE) has also suffered the consequences caused by covid-19, but it has also been a response to the multiple situations that have occurred in all countries. The aim of this paper is to examine the role of the SSE at the international level by looking at two issues: one, to examine the responses of the SSE to the crisis caused by the covid-19 pandemic and two, to analyse the role of the SSE in future social and economic recovery. To this end, a comparative analysis is made of the responses, strategies and role of the social economy in different territories, Quebec, Colombia and Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]