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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.- Behavioral Perspectives on 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.- 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.
About the Author: Henry Peter is a full professor at the University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, and has set up and been the head of the now internationally know university's Geneva Centre for Philanthropy since 2017. For over 30 years, his teachings and numerous publications have focused on companies' structures and governance and their social responsibility and purpose. In 2014, he launched the "Philanthropy Series," a series of successful public conferences at the university. Additionally, he is a member of a number of organizations dealing with governance and ethical issues and sits on several boards of public entities as well as foundations, associations, and private companies.

Carlos Vargas Vasserot is a full professor of Commercial Law at the University of Almeria (Spain) and director of the Center for Research in Social Economy Law and Cooperative Enterprise (CIDES), which has become an academic reference in Spain in a few years, with important international connections. He has an extensive scientific career, being the author of more than 80 papers and several academic books for which he has received some scientific awards. He is currently the principal investigator of three R&D&I projects that deal with corporate social innovation, social enterprises, and social cooperatives, which are currently the main lines of research.

Jaime Alcalde Silva is an associate professor of private law at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Faculty of Law. For 15 years, his teachings and publications have focused on the law of contracts, land law, company law, and social enterprises and cooperatives. In these two last matters, he worked as a consultant to the Minister of Economy, Development, and Tourism of the Republic of Chile during 2014-2015. In 2015, he coordinated the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Chilean commercial code. Since 2016, he has participated in the commission to elaborate on the project of the new Commercial Code for Chile.


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  • ISBN-13: 9783031142154
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Benefit Corporations and Other Purpose-Driven Companies
  • Width: 155 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3031142152
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2023
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 818
  • Spine Width: 51 mm
  • Weight: 1586 gr


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