Owning the Work: Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing and What the Evidence Shows
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An owner at a desk with last year's accounts, a worker holding units he cannot value, a leader told that ownership culture is the answer: this book is for all three. Where the idea came from, what the best evidence says, where it goes wrong, and how a firm or a household can begin. Employee ownership, profit sharing and what the evidence shows: thirteen chapters, a tool in each, and a workbook.
Ecstatic Economics. A book in 14 chapters by Ammanuel Santa Anna (Luminous Prosperity Inc., 2026). Each chapter is also deposited on its own, with its own DOI, and linked to this record.
Read it at https://business.hautelumiere.life/library/owning-the-work/ (this record's page, with the PDF) and the whole book at https://business.hautelumiere.life/library/owning-the-work, in the Business Library of business.hautelumiere.life.
Part of the Luminous Library, held as a public trust: free to read, for everyone, for ever, under the Luminous Library Licence 1.0 (https://hautelumiere.life/library-licence). Every right is reserved to the Author.
The book's page: https://business.hautelumiere.life/library/owning-the-work. A gainshare begins with one conversation: https://business.hautelumiere.life/book/?kind=gainshare. The house: hautelumiere.life.
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