Notes
1 See, for example, Heerad Sabeti, “The For-Benefit Enterprise,” Harvard Business Review, November 2011.
2 Paul Brest and Kelly Born, “When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?” Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2013.
3 See “Legislation,” B Lab website, http://www.bcorporation.net/what-are-b-corps/legislation; and “Laws,” Americans for Community Development website, http://www.americansforcommunitydevelopment.org/legislation.html
4 Delaware Laws, 79, chap. 122, sec. 8, 2013.
5 Jay Coen Gilbert, Bart Houlahan, and Andrew Kassoy, “Today Marks a Tipping Point in the Evolution of Capitalism,” Forbes.com, July 17, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/07/17/today-marks-a-tipping-point-in-the-evolutionof-capitalism/; Liam Pleven, “When Doing Good Meets Investing,” The Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2013.
6 Alicia E. Plerhoples, “Delaware Public Benefit Corporations 90 Days Out: Who’s Opting In?” UC Davis Business Law Journal, 14, 2014 (forthcoming).
7 Delaware Division of Corporations, “2012 Annual Report,” http://corp.delaware.gov/pdfs/2012CorpAR.pdf
8 Dana Brakman Reiser and Steven A. Dean, “SE(c)(3): A Catalyst for Social Enterprise Crowdfunding,” Indiana Law Journal, 2014 (forthcoming).
9 For an exploration of FLY Paper in greater detail, including an extended discussion of its potentially attractive tax classification, see Dana Brakman Reiser and Steven A. Dean, “Hunting Stag with FLY Paper: A Hybrid Financial Instrument for Social Enterprise,” Boston College Law Review, 54, 2013.
10 Douglas G. Baird, Robert H. Gertner, and Randal C. Picker, Game Theory and the Law, Harvard University Press, 1994.
11 See, for example, “Model Benefit Corporation Legislation,” Benefit Corp Information Center, http://www.benefitcorp.net/attorneys/model-legislation
12 Vermont Statutes Annotated, title 11, sec. 3001(27)(D); Maine Revised Statutes Annotated, title 31, sec. 1611(1).
13 Dana Brakman Reiser, “Theorizing Forms for Social Enterprise,” Emory Law Journal, 62, 2013.
14 See, for example, “Model Benefit Corporation Legislation.”
15 Delaware Laws, 79, chap. 122, sec. 8(a), 2013.
16 “Tony Abrahams Occasional Address,” transcript of remarks at the Australian School of Business Awards Ceremony, June 6, 2012, Ai-Media website, http://www.ai-media.tv/downloads/file/06%2006%202012_19%2000_UNSW_Never_Stand_Still.pdf
17 “Mezzanine Fund,” RSF Social Finance website, http://rsfsocialfinance.org/services/investing/mezzanine