In an effort to target social problems at their roots, social entrepreneurs create organizations that bring transformative social changes by considering, among others, ethical, social, and environmental factors.

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.