B Corps: A Socioeconomic Approach for the COVID-19 Post-crisis.
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SUBMITTER: Saiz-Alvarez JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7399347 | biostudies-literature | 2020
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B Corps: A Socioeconomic Approach for the COVID-19 Post-crisis.
Saiz-Álvarez José Manuel JM Vega-Muñoz Alejandro A Acevedo-Duque Ángel Á Castillo Dante D
Frontiers in psychology 20200728
The current global health and economic crisis caused by COVID-19 has opened the possibility to adopt the B Corp model and focus more on the person. Based on grounded theory, we have examined 147 organizations from 14 countries listed at the B Corp Directory for Latin America. Latin American B Corps have traits linked to family-related issues that are distinct from other B Corps located in different continents. Our main findings are that B Corps develop a more inclusive and sustainable economy to ...[more]
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