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    The C-Factor: Community as a Dynamizing Force in Solidarity Organizations

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.16925/co.v21i103.676
    Vol. 21 No. 103 (2013)
    Published: 07/06/2026
    Luz Miriam Valencia Velásquez
    Luis Alberto Gallego Moná
    This article is the result of research conducted in associations and cooperatives of small and medium-size
    agricultural producers linked to the solidarity economy in the Sinifaná and San Juan areas of southeast
    Antioquia, Colombia. The article examines the community factor, or C-factor, as a factor that integrates
    the collective goals of these organizations, which seek to satisfy the needs, aspirations and wishes of
    the people, families and communities where they operate. While an ethnographic qualitative approach
    was used as the starting point for the methodology in this research, it incorporates both qualitative and
    quantitative techniques, allowing an understanding of the dynamics of these organizations. The most
    relevant results identified the C-Factor as a socio-economic integrating objective which, in combination
    with other productive factors, becomes a force that unites desires and builds awareness to improve the
    quality of life for its participants, as well as the profitability of the organization and its environment.
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    Valencia Velásquez, L. M., & Gallego Moná, L. A. (2014). The C-Factor: Community as a Dynamizing Force in Solidarity Organizations. Cooperativismo & Desarrollo, 21(103), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.16925/co.v21i103.676

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