Title
Benefit Corporation Legislation and the Emergence of a Social Hybrid Category
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Publication Title
California Management Review
Volume
57
Issue
3
First page number:
13
Last page number:
35
Abstract
Previous research highlights tensions that social hybrids face by spanning categories. This article explores the emergence of legislation to support a new category for social hybrids, focusing on Benefit Corporation legislation in the United States. It presents quantitative analysis of state-level factors that make a state suitable for a social hybrid category (attractiveness for for-profit business and nonprofits, existing social hybrid organizations, legislative intensity, and political leanings) followed by qualitative analysis of the arguments marshaled for the creation of the Benefit Corporation legal form. These findings raise important insights for research on social hybrids and suggest a range of practical implications.
Keywords
Legal Aspects of Business; Policy Making; Public Policy; Nonprofit Sector; Stakeholders
Disciplines
Accounting | Business and Corporate Communications
Language
English
Repository Citation
Rawhouser, H. N.,
Cummings, M. E.,
Crane, A.
(2015).
Benefit Corporation Legislation and the Emergence of a Social Hybrid Category.
California Management Review, 57(3),
13-35.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2015.57.3.13