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B Corporation

A "B Corporation" is a certified hybrid organizational form that, as a genus, belongs to the category of for-profit corporations, and, as its differentia, integrates explicit social and environmental objectives into its legal and operational framework, thereby distinguishing itself from conventional corporations by prioritizing stakeholder value over shareholder primacy alone.

59

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2.7K

Citations

143

Authors

100

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

47

Variants

B CorpCertified B Corporation

Parents

Publications

59

Hidden Badge of Honor: How Contextual Distinctiveness Affects Category Promotion among Certified B Corporations

Joel Gehman, Matthew Grimes · Academy of Management Journal · 2016 · 221 citations

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Characterising B Corps as a sustainable business model: An exploratory study of B Corps in Australia

Wendy Stubbs · Journal of Cleaner Production · 2016 · 160 citations

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Positively deviant: Identity work through B Corporation certification

Matthew Grimes, Joel Gehman, Ke Cao · Journal of Business Venturing · 2018 · 147 citations · Full text

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The Impact of B Lab Certification on Firm Growth

Simon C. Parker, Edward N. Gamble, Peter W. Moroz et al. · Academy of Management Discoveries · 2018 · 119 citations

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B Corp Certification and Its Impact on Organizations Over Time

Malu Villela, Sérgio Bulgacov, Glenn Morgan · Journal of Business Ethics · 2019 · 114 citations · Full text

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Authors

143

  1. JG
    Joel Gehman

    University of Alberta, Canada

    4 publications · 526 citations

    4

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  2. MG
    Matthew Grimes

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 526 citations

    4

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  3. ST
    Sabrina Tabares

    Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

    3 publications · 149 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. HV
    Heidi Vander Bauwhede

    Ghent University, Belgium

    3 publications · 99 citations

    3

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  5. VP
    Valerie Paelman

    Ghent University, Belgium

    3 publications · 99 citations

    3

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Institutions

100

  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    723 citations

  2. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    297 citations

  3. Universidad de Medellín

    Medellín, Colombia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    149 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    179 citations

  5. University of Neuchâtel

    Neuchâtel, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    134 citations

  6. Universidad Autónoma de Chile

    Temuco, Chile

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    166 citations

  7. Texas Tech University

    Lubbock, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    125 citations

  8. Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave

    Barcelos, Portugal

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    106 citations

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  2. Sustainability

    7 publications · 275 citations

    7

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  3. Journal of Cleaner Production

    4 publications · 317 citations

    4

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  4. Academy of Management Discoveries

    3 publications · 247 citations

    3

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  5. Social Responsibility Journal

    3 publications · 109 citations

    3

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