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The Ownership Economy009Digital governance
Episode 009Apr 1, 202248:00

Localized Democracy and Public Goods with Token Engineering, with Jeff Emmett of The Commons Stack and BlockScience Labs

A conversation with Jeff Emmett on web3 and protocols and governance.

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43 evidence-backed research pages

Find companies, practitioners and evidence by ownership structure, business need, governance rights and routes to shared value.

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Who participates

Find operating companies and the organizations that finance, advise, administer and study them.

  • Operating business
  • Adviser
  • Capital provider
  • Trustee or fiduciary
  • Administrator or technology provider
  • Research or education
  • Network or advocate
028 pages

What are you trying to do?

Start with a practical task, from learning about a model to financing or executing a transition.

  • Learn and benchmark ownership models
  • Prepare an ownership transition
  • Design ownership and governance
  • Value a business
  • Finance a transaction
  • Execute a transaction
  • Appoint a trustee or fiduciary
  • Administer a plan or trust
036 pages

Find specialist support

Browse providers by the services they disclose, including legal, capital, fiduciary and administrative work.

  • Legal and transaction advisory
  • Valuation and accounting
  • Capital and financing
  • Trustee and fiduciary services
  • Administration and technology
  • Education and advocacy
0414 pages

Explore ownership models

Compare structures by who holds the economic interest, the governing rights or both.

  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Worker cooperative
  • Employee share ownership
  • Employee ownership trust
  • Consumer cooperative
  • Producer cooperative
  • Multi-stakeholder cooperative
  • Mutual ownership
  • Foundation ownership
  • Community ownership
  • Steward ownership
  • Family ownership
  • Founder controlled
  • State ownership
054 pages

Understand decision rights

See where employees, members and other constituencies hold a documented voice or vote.

  • Elect employee representatives
  • Elect directors
  • Member voting
  • Amend bylaws
064 pages

See how value is shared

Explore the disclosed mechanisms through which employees or members may participate financially.

  • Cooperative surplus allocation
  • Patronage dividends when declared
  • Profit sharing
  • Employee share value

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