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This study suggests a social business format, founded on social entrepreneurship for the water sector, which appears suitable in Bangladesh. The paper provides an overview of a successful social business format composed from the nine cases of social business enterprises and the eight non-profit social enterprises in the water sector. Similarities between the social businesses’ formats indicated by the social business enterprises’ cross-case analysis include business mission, market exploitation, direct relationship dynamics and the basis for differentiation.
HOQUE, M. ; NAHID, K. (2015): Business Format in Social Entrepreneurships for Bangladesh’s Water Sector. In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research : Volume 5 URL [Accessed: 20.04.2018] PDFThis Position Paper addresses three key issues that are receiving limited attention in the water and sanitation sector discussions on (blended) finance:
- The lack of finance for strengthening the enabling environment
- The untapped use of micro and blended finance
- The inequities in allocation of finance in the sector
This paper discusses how social enterprises can overcome barriers to scale in serving the BoP market – Focus on Spring Health in India.
WELLSTEIN, M. (2016): Delivering safe water to BoP consumers - The art of not losing money. St.Gallen: University of St.Gallen URL [Accessed: 20.04.2018]![](/sites/default/files/reference_icons/yeo%2C%20d.%20towards%20more%20responsible%20carbon%20finance%20for%20water.png)
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Antenna Foundation’s WATA™ technology converts salt and water with a simple electrolysis process in sodium hypochlorite.
https://www.antenna.ch/en/activities/water-hygiene/range-wata/ [Accessed: 20.04.2018]