Table 3 Social business format checklist from social enterprise for the water sectors
From: Business format in social entrepreneurships for Bangladesh’s water sector
| Component | Sub-component | Variable |
|---|---|---|
| Core strategy | Business Mission | Opportunity driven, necessity driven |
| Market scope | A network of rural co-operatives, fulfillment of villager needs, market for lower income people. | |
| Basis for differentiation | No distribution costs, capacity-building, consultancy, water-filtering facility, training facilities, water and sanitation loan. | |
| Strategic resources | Core competencies | Low-cost solar energy, provision of electrification and some water purification, commercial viability, environmental friendliness. |
| Strategic assets | Pool community resources to establish and improve village infrastructure, water and sanitation, use local materials, controlled pore size, the eco-filter allows water to pass, water credit program targets households with a lower income. | |
| Core processes | Quality control, designing and installing low-cost community sewage and water treatment systems, providing potable water in homes and water for irrigation, treatment systems, pouring water for purification, rainwater harvesting structures (process innovation). | |
| Customer Interface | Organization structure | Hybrid non-profit, leveraged not-for-profit. |
| Relationship dynamics | Every adult is a member with direct relationship. | |
| Pricing structures | Lower price. | |
| Value network | Suppliers | Employees of the company, governmental organizations. |
| Partners | Public-private partnerships. Fixed-cost underwriting by micro-finance institutions. | |
| Coalitions | Private business, micro-finance institutions. |
