Traditional economic sectors
New organizational forms are emerging
Social business models are more diverse
Business Model Type
Fees for service: Product or service provided to beneficiaries, but sold to a third party (municipality, public institution, foundations)
Robin Hood: Product or service sold to community at large is the same provided to beneficiaries, who pay lower price
Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP): Products or services targeting beneficiaries with very limited resources are redesigned to reduce COGS, price and allow access to disenfranchised group
Employment: Beneficiaries are part of the value creation process
Marketplace: Facilitation of supplier-customer connection, usually through online platform
Pollination: Product/service sold to community at large has
embedded social value (positive social spillovers)
Unrelated: Product and services sold are unrelated with products and services provided to the beneficiaries
Licensing: Social organization’s brand licensed to third party, that pays fees to use the brand
Social business models also include non-commercial activities
New funding models: Impact investing
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