Social Enterprises in Asia

A New Legal Form

Ernest Lim (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

350 Seiten

2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-83815-3 (ISBN)

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The first and only book to provide a legal analysis of social enterprises in Asia from a critical and comparative perspective. This indispensable work advances a comprehensive and nuanced legal framework for social enterprises, allowing policymakers and regulators to evaluate, design and implement the laws and regulations on social enterprises.

Social enterprises are regarded as a vital solution to the pressing problem of socio-economic inequality and play a crucial role in the delivery of public goods and services. Ernest Lim argues that social enterprises in four leading Asian jurisdictions – India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia – should have a new legal form. This entails advancing a nuanced and comprehensive framework consisting of five criteria: (1) corporate purpose; (2) directors' duties; (3) decision-making powers; (4) reporting, impact measurement and certification; and (5) distribution of dividends, assets, and tax benefits. This invaluable work demonstrates that the existing legal forms in common law Asia, the UK and the US do not properly address the various conflicts of interest affecting social enterprises. An essential read for those interested in understanding and evaluating the laws and regulations on social enterprises, as well as designing and implementing creative ones to protect and promote these important businesses.

A leading comparative corporate law and governance scholar, Ernest Lim is Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore. He is the author of two acclaimed books with Cambridge: A Case for Shareholders' Fiduciary Duties in Common Law Asia (2019), which won the Society of Legal Scholars Peter Birks Runner-Up Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship; and Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia (2020).

1. Introduction and overview; 2. Corporate purpose; 3. Directors' duties; 4. Decision-Making powers; 5. Reporting, impact measurement, and certification; 6. Distribution of dividends, assets and tax benefits; 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.03.2023
Reihe/Serie	International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
Zusatzinfo	Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 237 mm
Gewicht	479 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-108-83815-4 / 1108838154
ISBN-13	978-1-108-83815-3 / 9781108838153
Zustand	Neuware