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Sustainability in the Boardroom: Reconsidering Fiduciary Duty under Revlon in the Wake of Public Benefit Corporation Legislation
On July 17, 2013, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed legislation introducing a new corporate entity, the public benefit...
Introducing B Corporations to the Higher Education Community
The higher education industry confronts a multitude of challenges, including a shortage of skilled workers, rising college...
Unlevel Playing Field: The Hypocrisy of the NCAA’s Gender Equity Argument in Johnson
People often say that defense is crucial for winning championships. However, the NCAA's defense argument, which raises...
The deterioration of self-worth in entrepreneurship
This study delves into the erosion of self-esteem within the realm of entrepreneurship. Through a 15-month participatory...
La dimensión medioambiental y los ODS en la comunicación estratégica de las empresas de triple impacto
Este trabajo analiza la dimensión ambiental y los ODS en la gestión de las relaciones públicas en las empresas de triple...
Human Resource Management in Italian Family-Owned SMEs: Sustaining the Competitive Advantage through B Corp Transformation
This case revolves around Romano Lana, a 50-year-old family-owned medium-sized enterprise located in Tuscany, Italy....
High-Growth Benefit Corporations: Leveraging on Intangibles—Insights from Italy
This research explores the connection between rapid growth, benefit corporations, and intellectual capital, particularly in...
For-Purpose Enterprise and Hybrid Organizational Forms: Implications for Governance and Strategy.
A company's social purpose is now crucial in organizational design and decision-making. For-purpose enterprises are...
La gestión de relaciones públicas en las empresas con propósito
Este estudio analiza la gestión de relaciones públicas (RP) en empresas con un enfoque en el triple impacto (económico,...
Delivering societal impact through supply chain design: insights from B Corps
This study investigates how purpose-driven organizations (PDOs) pursue various approaches to societal impact and how these...
Online sustainability claims: lessons from high-scoring B corporations in the Canadian food and beverage sector
Certifications for sustainability can promote green innovation in critical consumer sectors like food and beverages. This...
A governance approach to stakeholder engagement in sustainable enterprises—Evidence from B Corps
Sustainable businesses can find themselves torn between financial sustainability and their mission to create a positive...
Founder Commercial Imprint Interacts with Strategic Orientations in Affecting Social Enterprise Performance
Many social enterprises are founded by individuals with prior experience in commercial organizations, but the long-term...
Purpose or Profit?: The Rise of Public Benefit Corporations in the Technology Industry
In recent years, there has been a significant surge in the desire for socially responsible businesses. To meet this growing...
The International Handbook of Social Enterprise Law
Presents a comprehensive perspective on the social enterprise movement, tracing its development and various manifestations....
Mission statements and financial and sustainability performance: An exploratory study of Benefit Corporations certified as B Corps
The objective of this research is to pinpoint the elements within the mission statements of certified Italian benefit...
The Consequences of Financial Leverage: Certified B Corporations’ Advantages Compared to Common Commercial Firms
Typically, companies require debt to establish and expand their operations, but the increased financial leverage also comes...
Mission, governance, and accountability of benefit corporations: Toward a commitment device for achieving commercial and social goals
Benefit corporations (BCs) are profit-driven organizations governed by a legal framework that mandates explicit commitments...
Remaking Capitalism: The Strength of Weak Legislation in Mobilizing B Corporation Certification
Numerous initiatives aim to transform capitalism into a fairer, eco-friendly, and inclusive system. To understand how these...
B Corp versus ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications: Aligned, or alternative paths, towards sustainable development?
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) emerged with the aim of providing sustainable economic, environmental, and social...
Pursuing B Corp Certification: Exploring Firms’ Entrepreneurial Orientation and Prosocial Motivation
Our research is driven by the empirical discovery that Benefit corporations (B corps) that seek certification tend to...
Business model innovation as a window into adaptive tensions: Five paths on the B Corp journey
B Corporation (B Corp) certification serves as an external validation of innovative business models driven by social...
Characterizing the Mission Statements of Benefit Corporations: Empirical evidence from Italy
In 2015, Italy introduced a novel legal entity called the "benefit corporation" (società benefit). These companies are...
How Becoming a B Corp is a Way to ‘Future-Proof’ your Business
The article discusses the shift towards stakeholder-oriented business models, away from the traditional shareholder-centric...
The B Corp Movement Goes Big
The campaign to reform capitalism by making companies prioritize stakeholders could never succeed without getting large...
Operate Your Business As You See Fit: New Legal Form Widens Directors’ Decision-Making Considerations
The benefit corporation represents a corporate structure that empowers companies to factor in a wide spectrum of...
Governance and accountability models in Italian certified benefit corporations
Benefit corporations establish a novel hybrid corporate structure that permits the pursuit of both profit and social goals....
The emergence of benefit corporations: A cautionary tale
The establishment of benefit corporations (BCs) through legislation introduces a novel hybrid corporate structure in the...
Consumer motivations to purchase from benefit corporations (B Corps)
The aim of this research is to delve into the motivational drivers influencing consumers' decisions to buy from Benefit...
Does Benefit Corporation Status Matter to Investors? An Exploratory Study of Investor Perceptions and Decisions
Our study examines whether the public disclosure of a company's choice to structure itself as a benefit corporation (BC)...
Critical analysis of information about integrated management systems and environmental policy on the Portuguese firms’ website, towards sustainable development
This study aimed to analyze the content and characteristics of Portuguese firms that share information related to...
The Leverage of Protest: Market, Media, and Reputational Disruption in Social Movement Success
How do social movements compel major corporations to make concessions? While it is commonly assumed that protests gain...
B Corp Certification and Its Impact on Organizations Over Time
This study examines the impact of B Corp certification on four small to medium-sized Brazilian companies and their...
Green marketing orientation: achieving sustainable development in green hotel management
Consumer behavior aimed at sustainable consumption significantly influences the sustainable advancement of society. When...
Benefit Corporation: a path to affordable gene therapies?
As the market witnesses a proliferation of effective gene therapies, it is imperative to initiate measures aimed at...
Corporate social responsibility, firm performance and tax risk
This study aims to examine the potential impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on reducing tax risk. Existing...
Citadels of privilege: the rise of LLCs, LPs and the perpetuation of elite power in America
Corporations, long considered the primary resource-producing and redistributing entities, have been joined by a significant...
Malouf announces status as benefit corporation
Malouf, a local company, emphasized its commitment to ethical business practices as it revealed its newly acquired status...
From green to good supply chains:: Halo effect between environmental and social responsibility
This paper aims to explore the extent to which dynamic capabilities (DCs) derived from the domain of green supply chain...
Should Directors Owe Duties to Stakeholders Other than Shareholders?
Recently, there has been a significant debate and some confusion regarding a fundamental principle in corporate law: the...
Trends and Challenges of the Italian Third Sector in the Field of Community Assets Regeneration. New Convergences between Public Benefit and Social Entrepreneurship
This paper delves into the challenges faced by the Italian Third Sector as it engages in the management of community...
Organizational Identity Formation in Alternative Organizations: A Study of Three Benefit Corporations
In the United States, the benefit corporation (BC) represents a novel corporate entity obligated by law to not only...
Capital Structure of Public–Private Partnership Projects: A Sustainability Perspective
Capital plays a pivotal role in ensuring the efficient operation of public–private partnership (PPP) projects. The capital...
Parent activists versus the corporation: a fight for school food sovereignty
This paper provides empirical evidence to highlight the contentious nature of school food, where the interests of...
Strategies, practices, and tensions in managing business model innovation for sustainability: The case of an Australian BCorp
This article delves into sustainable innovation through the perspective of business model innovation for sustainability,...
The importance of social learning for non-market valuation
Neoclassical valuation methods often gauge the contribution of non-market goods to overall utility by treating them as...
To B or not ot B: Etsy’s decision whether to re-incorporate as a public benefit corporation and maintain its B Lab certification
This teaching case explores Etsy, Inc.'s decision upon going public. To uphold its B Lab certification as a socially...
Benefit Corporations: An Analysis of Social Benefit Reporting
More than half of the companies in the S&P 500 and Fortune 500 release corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports....
Patients Need Doctors with Consciences
"Conscience clauses" typically define conscience as "religious beliefs" or "moral convictions" and often arise in...
B Corporation Certification Advantages? Impacts on Performance and Development
B Corporations are profit-driven enterprises that adhere to specific social and environmental criteria. This preliminary...
Industrial Projects and Benefit-Sharing Arrangements in the Russian North. Is Contracting Possible?
In the Russian Arctic, extractive industries engage in socio-economic agreements with local communities to support social...
Challenges of creating and capturing value in open eco-innovation: Evidence from the maritime industry in Denmark
Developing eco-innovations through open innovation presents distinct challenges due to the inherent tension between...
The New Italian Benefit Corporation
This work focuses on examining the new Italian corporate model called the Benefit Corporation, introduced by Law No....
The Death of Corporate Law
For many years, corporate law played a central role in overseeing corporations throughout the United States, with Delaware...
Who is the Client? Rethinking Professional Responsibility for Benefit Corporations
The rise of the social enterprise movement has prompted an increasing number of companies to embrace the benefit...
Incorporating the Concepts of Sharing-In and Sharing-Out in CSR: Australian Consumers’ Perspective
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) extends beyond the interests of a corporation's shareholders, encompassing the values...
Socially responsible human resource practices: disclosures of the world’s best multinational workplaces
This paper seeks to examine the socially responsible human resource practices that are revealed by the "World's Best...
Public asset corporation: A new vehicle for urban regeneration and infrastructure finance
This article introduces the Public Asset Corporation (PAC) model, a hybrid approach to urban redevelopment and public...
Measuring shared cultural characteristics in Malaysia: scale development and validation
The aim of this paper is to statistically evaluate the cultural values scale that integrates the diverse cultural values of...
Certified Benefit Corporations as a new way to make sustainable business: The Italian example
A Benefit Corporation offers an alternative to conventional business models, introducing a fresh approach to the management...
The Prospects for Enlightened Corporate Leadership
In his recent book, "The Enlightened Capitalists," James O’Toole delves into the challenges faced by business pioneers over...
Influence of sustainability scholarship on competencies – an empirical evidence
The evolution of curricula is shifting from a sole focus on knowledge-based outcomes towards a greater emphasis on...
Why We Care about Certified B Corporations: From Valuing Growth to Certifying Values Practices
There is currently a widespread interest in comprehending how organizations can contribute to achieving sustainability,...
The Impact of B Lab Certification on Firm Growth
We investigate how the adoption of B Lab certification, a rapidly expanding form of third-party certification for...
Economy Versus Environment: How Corporate Actors Harm Both
The transformation of our planet by human activities has significant repercussions for both the environment and human...
Key issues and challenges in stakeholder engagement in sustainability reporting: A study of Australian local councils
The objective of this paper is to investigate the critical concerns and obstacles that have the potential to impact the...
Social license to operate in the mining industry: the case of Peru
Mining plays a vital role in Peru's economy, yet local communities near mining operations often fail to see its advantages....
Creating shared value in an industrial conurbation: Evidence from the North Staffordshire ceramics cluster
Porter and Kramer's Creating Shared Value may have a greater utility in evaluating historical events within capitalism...
Shifting corporate social responsibility to corporate social opportunity through creating shared value
Engaging in societal contributions should not be viewed merely as an act of charity; instead, it can be a strategic means...
The Stakeholders’ Perspective within the B Corp Certification for a Circular Approach
The concept of a circular economy is gaining traction as an innovative business approach. This model, rooted in...
The Role of International Investment Law in the Business and Human Rights Legal Process
This article explores the relationship between international investment law and international human rights law to determine...
Sweatshops, Structural Injustice, and the Wrong of Exploitation: Why Multinational Corporations Have Positive Duties to the Global Poor
This article explores the interaction between international investment law and international human rights law, aiming to...
Promotion policies for third party financing in Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation projects considering social reputation
Photovoltaic Poverty Alleviation (PVPA) projects in China, aimed at merging renewable energy adoption and poverty...
We’re all passengers in a billionaire hijacking says the critic who has the world’s richest people buzzing
In 2015, Anand Giridharadas, an Aspen Institute fellow and former McKinsey analyst, coined the term "MarketWorld" to...
Elite status talks, but how loudly and why? – Exploring elite CSR micro-politics
The aim of this paper is to explore the proactive contributions of elite organizations to corporate social responsibility...
Do Benefit Corporations Represent a Policy Threat to Nonprofits?
In both the United States and, increasingly, on an international scale, significant endeavors have been undertaken in...
Protecting the Public’s Interest: Options for Structuring Public Authorities for Sport Venues
This study demonstrates the advantages of public-private partnerships in establishing public corporations for constructing...
Promoting the Long-Term Management of Public Corporations Through a Reform of Canadian Corporate Law’
A Non-Linear and Disaggregated Approach to Studying the Impact of CSR on Accounting Profitability: Evidence from the Polish Banking Industry
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is now widely promoted within the European Union and highly valued by stakeholders....
Financial Communication in the Context of Corporate Social Responsibility Growth
In this research paper, we investigated the simultaneous growth of corporate entities and the evolution of financial...
Capitalism and Financial Innovation
During the 2012 CFA Institute Financial Analysts Seminar in Chicago, Robert J. Shiller emphasized the need for ongoing...
Should brands “nudge us for good”? Towards a critical assessment of neuro‐liberal corporate social responsibility
This article conducts a critical examination of the recent emergence of neuro-liberal Corporate Social Responsibility...
Venturing into the cultural future: research opportunities at the nexus of institutions, innovation and impact’
This article delves into research possibilities where institutions, innovation, and impact intersect. We delve into what we...
Shareholder Claims for Reflective Loss: How International Investment Law Changes Corporate Law and Governance’
Scholarly discourse on the legitimacy crisis of investment dispute resolution has primarily centered on multinational...
Sustainability Reporting and Performance Measurement Systems: How do Small- and Medium-Sized Benefit Corporations Manage Integration?
Benefit Corporations and B Corps represent alternative enterprise models, often termed "hybrid companies," that bridge the...
The Theory of Reasoned Action to CSR Behavioral Intentions: The Role of CSR Expected Benefit, CSR Expected Effort and Stakeholders
In recent years, governments and non-governmental organizations worldwide have been actively promoting policies and...
Environmental impact of FDI – the case of US subsidiaries
This paper seeks to investigate the influence of majority-owned subsidiaries of US multinational enterprises (MNEs), as...
Neoliberal shareholder value and the re-privatization of corporations: The disengagement of “transformative” corporate social responsibility?’
This paper seeks to explore the compatibility between the shareholder value ideology and transformative corporate social...
Social movements as key actors in governing the commons: Evidence from community-based resource management cases across the world
International research into the advantages of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) for sustainable...
Pursuing green growth in technology firms through the connections between environmental innovation and sustainable business performance: Does service capability matter?
In response to growing environmental awareness, companies have shown increased interest in eco-innovation practices....
Business and political process reform: ignore or engage?
This paper has a dual purpose. Firstly, it delves into the reasons behind the willingness of American businesses to support...
Opaque transparency: How material affordances shape intermediary work
How do the practical aspects of intermediary work impact regulators, targets, and beneficiaries? To explore this question,...
The influence of social responsibility on employee productivity and sales growth: Evidence from certified B corps
The aim of this study is to investigate if the dedication of B corps (for-profit businesses whose proprietors willingly...
Corporate social responsibility, country reputation and corporate reputation: A perspective on the creation of shared value in emerging markets
This paper seeks to investigate the correlation between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate financial...
Social Entrepreneurship Research: Past Achievements and Future Promises
Over the past ten years, there has been a notable upswing in the research interest surrounding social entrepreneurship...
NGOs and the creation of value in supply chains
Corporations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) frequently join forces to establish new supply chains. Employing a...
Incorporating Social Objectives in Evaluating Sustainable Fisheries Harvest Strategy
Fisheries management necessitates the consideration of environmental sustainability, economic viability, and the societal...
Explaining Choice-of-Entity Decisions by Silicon Valley Start-Ups
In 2018, the choice-of-entity analysis for business lawyers remained perplexing, with most recommending flow-through...