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Title Mapping the emergence of a new organisational form: An exploration of the intellectual structure of the B Corp research
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Authors Blasi, S; Sedita, SR
Title Mapping the emergence of a new organisational form: An exploration of the intellectual structure of the B Corp research
Year 2022
Published Corporate Social Responsibility And Environmental Management, 29, 1
Abstract This paper explores the emergence of B Corp as a new research field through a bibliometric analysis of the B Corp literature, based on a database of 142 documents collected by Scopus and published between 2009 and 2020. This emergent field is an important component of the structural change occurring in our society, which, in recent years, has seen the emergence of new for-profit organisational forms with a strong social consciousness. The bibliometric analysis reveals the foundational works and the historical evolution of the research field, pinpointing the connections between similar concepts in the literature on sustainable enterprises, such as B Corp, hybrid organisation, benefit corporation, and corporate social responsibility. Through a social network analysis, we sustain a relational view of B Corp research, and propose a taxonomy of concepts and terminology, which shows that the concept of B Corp defines an emergent organisational form.
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