1. Exeter Symposium – Circular Economy Disruptions
Circular business models in social enterprises: the case of the social housing association
Exeter Symposium – Circular Economy Disruptions
Manon Eikelenboom

2. Content
Introduction The social dimension & the circular economy The interaction between circular strategies & the social dimension Circular strategies in social enterprises Research objectives Theoretical framework Methodology Expected contributions

3. The social dimension & the circular economy
Not explicitly recognized in CE
 CE can impact social value creation & benefit from the integration of humanitarian stakeholders
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4. Circular Business Model Strategies
Table 1: Circular business model strategies (Bocken, de Pauw , Bakker & van der Grinten, 2016)
Type
Business model strategy
Strategies for slowing loops
Access and performance model
Extending product value
Classic long-life model
Encourage sufficiency
Strategies for closing loops
Extending resource value
Industrial symbiosis
Introduction
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5. The interaction between circular business model strategies & the social dimension
Introduction
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6. Circular strategies in social enterprises
Environmental activities can be opportunities for social enterprises
Dutch social housing associations: non-profit making organizations with social goals
The limited consideration of the social dimension in circular strategies is problematic for housing associations.
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7. Research objectives
How do the circular business models of social enterprises interact with the social dimension?
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8. Theoretical framework
Wholesalers
Contractors
Suppliers
Housing association
Residents associations
Tenants
Social network theory
Reveal & map humanitarian stakeholders and their roles & positions
Revealing interdependencies between actors & showing relations with humanitarian stakeholders
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9. Methodology
Step 1: Identifying potential circular business model strategies for the social housing association
Review grey literature & participant observations
Step 2: Positioning the circular business model strategies within the network of the social housing association: a net-map exercise
Focus groups & interviews
Step 3: Analyzing the common network map and evaluate on the humanitarian actors, their roles, positions and relationships
Visualizer software
Step 4: Reflect on the interaction between the circular business model strategy and the social dimension
Focus group
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10. Expected contributions
Understanding the role of humanitarian stakeholders in circular business models
Understanding the influence of circular business models on humanitarian stakeholders
Assisting social housing associations in understanding the dynamics between circular business models and the social dimension
 Providing a systems perspective, expanding circular business model research & understanding how to integrate the social dimension in circular business models
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11. Questions Introduction Research objectives Framework Methodology
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