The International Handbook of Social Enterprises Law : Benefit Corporations and Other Purpose-Driven Companies

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 Ente