Análisis del marco económicojurídico específico para los emprendedores sociales. Un estudio comparado entre diversos países.

The Spanish legal system distinguishes between typically for-profit corporations (such as corporations or limited liability companies) and "non-commercial" enterprises, typically aligned with the social economy (such as cooperatives). However, other countries like the United States or the United Kingdom have developed composite structures capable of combining a clearly commercial operation with the achievement of social goals, such as benefit corporations or community interest companies. The European Commission's Social Enterprise Initiative provides for the creation of a more favorable legal framework to promote these companies. This paper aims to analyze how this framework has developed in different countries, describing the main types of company that meet this need. Given the current economic situation in Spain, it is very important that the public administration provide the legal impetus to support social entrepreneurs, as these entrepreneurs seek to solve social problems in an innovative and efficient manner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]