Business model as the critical success factor of social enterprise in the perspective of transition from a linear to a circular economy

The purpose of this study is to present business models as the success factors of social enterprise and their applicability in the outlook of new economic trends which include the perspective of transition from a linear to a circular economy. The issue of the study provided the opportunity to establish success factors of social enterprise as well business models that are used in practice. The paper uses a fragment of a wider survey conducted by the author in the period 2015- 2016 concerning the Polish model of social enterprise. The presented results of the study focused on the perspective of the changes that take place in the transition from linear economy to circular economy The analysis is going to show relation between the economic efficiency of social enterprise business models in Poland. The study is trying to find an explanation for the differences in economic efficiency and social use of these business models in terms of factors determining the form, structure and business activities. The scope of the research is to find out how social enterprise operations can be modelled within existing business methods using circular economy principles. The results of the present study are going to prove that one of the most important factors influencing the effectiveness of social enterprise is to use the right business model in time of the transition from linear economy to circular economy.