Beyond Ownership As Usual: The Implications of Steward-Ownership For Management Research

Manelli, Luca ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9305-2090, Pek, Simon, Waldkirch, Matthias, Hachigian, Heather, Jamal, Audrey, Thomsen, Steen, Besharov, Marya, Hand, Mark, Segrestin, Blanche, Levillain, Kevin and Hatchuel, Armand (2026) Beyond Ownership As Usual: The Implications of Steward-Ownership For Management Research. Journal of Management Inquiry, 35 (3). pp. 227-252. ISSN 1056-4926

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Abstract

Steward-ownership is a novel conceptualization of ownership galvanizing attention from entrepreneurs, business owners, policymakers, and academics around the world. Two main principles distinguish it from traditional models of ownership: (1) decoupling control rights and economic rights and (2) asset lock, whereby company resources cannot be privatized by shareholders. This curated conversation among 11 interdisciplinary researchers unpacks the transformative potential of steward-ownership for management theory. Contributors discuss how our current knowledge of steward-ownership, along with what we can come to know through targeted future research, offers important insights for scholarship on purpose, entrepreneurship, corporate governance, impact investing, hybridity, and alternative forms of organizing.

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Uncontrolled Keywords:	alternative forms of organizing,corporate governance,entrepreneurship,hybridity,impact investing,purpose,steward-ownership,general business,management and accounting,strategy and management,management of technology and innovation ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1400
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	16 Jul 2026 13:04
Last Modified:	16 Jul 2026 18:15
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/103896
DOI:	10.1177/10564926251357812

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