An application of the corporate company models for social enterprise (with special emphasis on Polish conditions)

This study seeks to answer the fundamental question referring to opportunity of employing for social enterprise – company models and strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being (rather than producing profits for owners and shareholders). This analysis was limited to presenting only certain aspects of the adaptation of the experience of models derived from the for-profit model for social enterprise. The paper is focusing on the major conceptual, strategic and legal issues referring to social enterprises (especially in terms and conditions opportunities that exist in Poland). The scope of this study includes, in particular, exploring the possibilities for using of the business models and some of the process models for social enterprise