A guide to social enterprise law and policy that shows how companies are evolving to create capitalism with a conscience.

Introduction Benjamin Means and Joseph W. Yockey; Part I. Theoretical Framework: 1. Social and asocial enterprise Elizabeth Pollman; 2. Self-regulation of social enterprise Brian Galle; 3. Essential policy and practice considerations for facilitating social enterprise John E. Tyler; Part II. Historical Context and Political Economy: 4. Three legislative paths to social enterprise Brett H. McDonnell; 5. When all enterprise was social Robert C. Hockett; 6. Early lessons in social enterprise law Carol Liao; 7. Shaping corporate reform Nina Boeger; 8. The promise of social enterprise for low-income communities Alicia E. Plerhoples; Part III. Tax and Finance: 9. Creating a tax space for social enterprise Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer; 10. Impact investment and alternative capital channels Anne M. Tucker; 11. Financing social enterprise Joan MacLeod Heminway; 12. Social enterprise crowdfunding in New Zealand Andrew A. Schwartz; Part IV. Choice of Form: 13. The social enterprise life cycle Dana Brakman Reiser and Steven A. Dean; 14. Do we need specialized business forms for social enterprise? Peter Molk; 15. Social lock-in and the cooperative form Tamara C. Belinfanti; 16. Using a taxable nonprofit corporation for social enterprise Cassady V. Brewer; 17. Form follows function Kyle Westaway; Part V. Fiduciary Obligation: 18. Fiduciary duties in social enterprise Andrew S. Gold and Paul B. Miller; 19. Managerial duties in social enterprise: the public benefit corporation Lyman Johnson; 20. Judging the public benefit corporation Omari Scott Simmons; Part VI. Governance: 21. Stakeholder representatives for social enterprise J. Haskell Murray; 22. Mixed motive investments and agency costs Charles M. Yablon; 23. Some implications of the agency-cost theory of the non-profit firm Benjamin Moses Leff; 24. Preserving the social enterprise's mission Antony Page; 25. A new blueprint for regulating social enterprise Sarah Dadush.