The present Special Issue focuses benefit corporation and social intrapreneurship as two topics which in the last decades have taken on a growing role in studies about both management and economics. This growing interest comes from globalization and digitization phenomena that have determined a change in firms’ stakeholders expectations. In this regard, social pressures about the behavior of companies have determined a new way of conceiving profit seen not only as shareholder remuneration but also as a direct or indirect tool to foster greater interdependence between economic activities and social objectives. For instance, the relationship between profit and sustainability no longer follows dichotomous logic. The firms are moving towards a path of socialization essential for their survival. The issue of sustainability, which previously appeared secondary in business economics studies, today is a pure necessity; the current competitive dimensions are based on intense and continuous engagement actions towards all stakeholders. This perspective is reflected in new theoretical strands such as the Social Emotional Wealth Theory, in which profit in the short run assumes secondary positions with respect to the survival not only of the company, but also of its founder, who tends to link its “immortality” to his/her firm. Thus, issues related to the sustainability are entering more and more the DNA of the firms on the one hand and economic policies are increasingly interested in the global aspects of sustainability (social, economic, environmental and governance) on the other hand. These trends have favored the development of new types of businesses, such as benefit corporation and start-ups related to the social entrepreneurship logic, committed to combining long-term profitability with certain standards and optimizing their positive impact on employees, the community in which they operate and the environment as well. The current economic crisis caused by Covid-19 seems to have accelerated this tendency to combine economic and social benefits.

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福利公司与企业社会创业

本期特刊着重介绍福利公司和社会企业精神这两个主题，在过去的几十年中，这两个主题在有关管理和经济学的研究中发挥着越来越重要的作用。这种日益增长的兴趣来自于全球化和数字化现象，这些现象决定了公司利益相关者期望的变化。在这方面，社会对公司行为的压力决定了一种新的获取利润的方式，这种方式不仅被视为股东薪酬，而且被视为促进经济活动与社会目标之间更大相互依存的直接或间接工具。例如，利润与可持续性之间的关系不再遵循二分法。这些公司正在走向对其生存至关重要的社会化道路。可持续性的问题 以前纯粹是在商业经济学研究中出现的，而今天纯粹是必需的；当前的竞争规模是基于对所有利益相关者的激烈且持续的参与行动。这种观点反映在诸如社会情感财富理论之类的新理论领域中，在短期理论中，短期利润在公司及其创始人的生存方面处于次要地位，后者往往将其“永生不衰”联系起来。 ”给他/她的公司。因此，与可持续性相关的问题一方面越来越成为企业的DNA，另一方面，经济政策对可持续性的全球方面（社会，经济，环境和治理）也越来越感兴趣。这些趋势有利于新型业务的发展，例如，福利公司和与社会企业家逻辑相关的初创公司，致力于将长期获利能力与某些标准相结合，并优化其对员工，员工所在的社区以及环境的积极影响。Covid-19造成的当前经济危机似乎加速了这种将经济和社会利益结合起来的趋势。