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The Public Benefit of Benefit Corporations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2017

Shannon K. Vaughan  and
Shelly Arsneault
Shannon K. Vaughan
Affiliation:
Western Kentucky University
Shelly Arsneault
Affiliation:
California State University, Fullerton
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Symposium: Advancing Philanthropic Scholarship: The Implications of Transformation
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 51 , Issue 1 , January 2018 , pp. 54 - 60
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2017 

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