Your home is a unique asset – the center of your family life and an important financial asset. When you bought your home, you may remember signing a deed, but do you remember what it says? Often, due ...

Thinking of selling your business? Or starting a business? You may want to consider a worker cooperative. This type of business structure is different from a consumer cooperative, where customers each ...

In previous blog posts, we have explored whether your family wants to keep the family cottage or vacation property in the family, and the options for the form of ownership you want to use for the next ...

Fee simple absolute is a type of property ownership that grants the owner full rights to use, sell, lease, or transfer the property without restrictions. It remains in effect indefinitely unless ...

A sole proprietorship business is the easiest form of business to start, but it can be one of the most complicated to sell to another party. Starting a sole proprietorship business involves no formal ...

The Ownership Project explores how structuring ownership of key elements in the economy can help businesses and communities address pressing societal challenges and support human values in the 21st ...

Recent literature suggests that control of corporations has shifted from individual capitalists to financial institutions. The article, based on original research, examines the relationship between ...

The Ownership Project at Harvard Business School’s Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) convened scholars, business owners, government officials and other stakeholders for the Worker ...

Understanding fee simple ownership is important when buying, selling, or investing in real estate. It is a common and comprehensive form of property ownership, granting full control and rights, ...