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Any ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)39 EOT (Employee Ownership Trust)17 Worker cooperative49 Other cooperative or member-owned3 Steward ownership9 Platform cooperative8

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Any Choosing or comparing ownership9 Transition and succession22 Governance68 Sociocracy33 Participation and employee voice42 Ownership culture31 Legal34 Finance32 Valuation7 Education and training25 Scaling employee ownership30 Evidence and impact26 Organization design and self-management44

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Commons-Oriented Open Cooperative Governance Model

Platform Cooperativism Consortium Resource Library

A governance and economic model for self-sustaining, mission-oriented, distributed organizations.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

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Research·Advanced

Data Cooperatives: Democratic Models for Ethical Data Stewardship

arXiv

A research paper reviewing data cooperatives as democratic models for collectively managing and benefiting from data.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

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Research·Advanced

Laboratories of Oligarchy? How the Iron Law Extends to Peer Production

arXiv

An academic paper examining whether peer production projects become more oligarchic as they grow.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

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Article·Intermediate

Sociocracy and Platform Co-op Governance

Medium

A practitioner article exploring how sociocracy can support platform cooperative governance, especially where scale, transparency, and member voice are difficult.

SociocracyPlatform cooperative

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Article·Intermediate

The Cooperative AI Conference: When Workers Take the Wheel

Platform Cooperativism Consortium

A Platform Cooperativism Consortium reflection on cooperative AI, shared infrastructure, democratic governance, and worker-led technological agency.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

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Article·Intermediate

When Co-op Principles Go Digital

Platform Cooperativism Consortium

A Platform Cooperativism Consortium article on cooperative identity in the digital economy, including scaling through replication, federation, social franchise, and protocols.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

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Heirloom Library

Find the right employee ownership resource

Explore trusted sources on employee ownership and democratic governance. Heirloom explains what each source is useful for, so you can follow a guide or look up exactly what you need.

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Ownership structure: Platform cooperative Jurisdiction / context: International / global

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Ownership structure

The legal or member-ownership structure discussed.

Any ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan)39 EOT (Employee Ownership Trust)17 Worker cooperative49 Other cooperative or member-owned3 Steward ownership9 Platform cooperative8

Topic / practical question

The question or work the resource helps with.

More filtersFormat, difficulty, jurisdiction

Format

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Any Article20 Guide40 Tool17 Case study10 Research17 Book8 Video3 Template8 Framework7 Reference6 Resource hub2 Presentation1 Program1

Difficulty

How much context the resource assumes.

Any Intro53 Intermediate55 Advanced32

Jurisdiction / context

Where the source or guidance is situated; especially important for legal and financial material.

Any International / global36 United States83 California, United States1 United Kingdom12 Canada2 Netherlands2 New Zealand1 Spain1

Showing 6 of 140 published resources.

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Framework·Advanced

Commons-Oriented Open Cooperative Governance Model

Platform Cooperativism Consortium Resource Library

A governance and economic model for self-sustaining, mission-oriented, distributed organizations.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits

Research·Advanced

Data Cooperatives: Democratic Models for Ethical Data Stewardship

arXiv

A research paper reviewing data cooperatives as democratic models for collectively managing and benefiting from data.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits

Research·Advanced

Laboratories of Oligarchy? How the Iron Law Extends to Peer Production

arXiv

An academic paper examining whether peer production projects become more oligarchic as they grow.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits

Article·Intermediate

Sociocracy and Platform Co-op Governance

Medium

A practitioner article exploring how sociocracy can support platform cooperative governance, especially where scale, transparency, and member voice are difficult.

SociocracyPlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits

Article·Intermediate

The Cooperative AI Conference: When Workers Take the Wheel

Platform Cooperativism Consortium

A Platform Cooperativism Consortium reflection on cooperative AI, shared infrastructure, democratic governance, and worker-led technological agency.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits

Article·Intermediate

When Co-op Principles Go Digital

Platform Cooperativism Consortium

A Platform Cooperativism Consortium article on cooperative identity in the digital economy, including scaling through replication, federation, social franchise, and protocols.

GovernancePlatform cooperative

Source

Why it fits