The Human-Centred Business Model and Hybrid Business Forms: A Primer and a Roadmap

Abstract

The paper was written as part of the preliminary research for the Human Centred Business Model Project, a project developed within the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development and now supported by the OECD Development Centre. In a preliminary fashion, the paper skims the surface of ‘social’ businesses, in the broadest sense, around the world, identifying some general trends and commonalities and some differences. The paper covers jurisdictions from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia and describes the organisations that can be used to carry out social business.

Keywords: corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, stakeholder value, social enterprise, benefit corporation, hybrid organizations

JEL Classification: G30, G34, G38, K20, K22, K38, L31, M14