The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law Benefit Corporations and Other Purpose-Driven Companies
But what does the term “social enterprise” mean? What are its roots? And how does it work in practice within the legal framework of any country? This handbook attempts to answer these questions from a theoretical, historical, and comparative perspective, bringing together 44 contributions written by...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in China
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Colombia
- Social Enterprises and B-Corps in Ecuador
- The suitability of French Law to B-Corp
- Social Purposes in German Corporate Law and Benefit Corporations in Germany
- Social Enterprises and Certified B Corporations in Hong Kong: Development, Key Lessons Learnt and Ways Forward
- B-Corps in India: A Sustainable Business Model
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Italy
- Corporations with Social Aims in the Japanese Legal System
- The suitability of Luxembourgish Law to B-Corp
- Certified B Corps in Mexico
- Benefit Corporations in the Peruvian legal ecosystem
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Portugal
- Finding space for the B-Corporation within the South African legal landscape
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in South-Korea
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Spain
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Switzerland
- Social Enterprises in the Netherlands: Towards more institutional diversity?
- Social Enterprises, Benefit Corporations and Community Interest Companies: The UK Landscape
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in the United States
- Innovation in Uruguayan Business Law: The “Benefit and Collective Interest Companies and Trusts”
- Legal regulation of social enterprises in other European countries
- Behavioral Perspectiveson B Corps
- B Lab and the process of certificating B Corps
- Introduction to the law of Benefit Corporations and other public purpose-driven companies
- Benefit Corporations and the Common Law Tradition
- Viability of non-recognized benefit corporations
- Real-World Lessons on Stakeholder Capitalism: How B Lab & B Corp movement catalyze change in society
- PART III: Purpose-Driven Companies: An International Overview
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Argentina
- The Failed Attempt to Enact Benefit Company Legislation in Australia and the Rise of B Corps
- Social Enterprises and Benefit Corporations in Brazil: Projects for Corporate Qualification and Capital Market Regulation
- The suitability of Belgian Law to B-Corp
- B Corps, Benefit Corporations and socially oriented enterprises in Canada
- Purpose-driven companies and the projected legal system for benefit and collective interest companies in Chile
- Foreword
- Introduction
- PART I: The Social Enterprise Movement
- The social enterprise movement and the birth of hybrid organizational forms as policy response to the growing demand for firm altruism
- Social enterprises in the European Union: gradual recognition of their importance and models of legal regulation
- The Governance Patterns of Social Enterprises Two Proposals to Reconcile the US and European Approaches
- Social Enterprises and Tax: Living Apart Together?
- Corporate Purpose : How the Board of Directors can Achieve an Inclusive Corporate Governance Regime
- Social Enterprise: Conceptual Debates and Approaches
- Models and Trends of Social Enterprise Regulation in the European Union
- Social enterprises in the social cooperative form
- How social entrepreneurs create systemic change A comparative analysis of for-profit and non- profit models
- PART II: Benefit Corporations and B Corp Certification
- Benefit Corporations: Trends and Perspectives