User trusts: broad-based ownership for online platforms

Schneider, N. 2020. User trusts: broad-based ownership for online platforms. Informatik Spektrum. 43, pp. 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00287-020-01242-x

TitleUser trusts: broad-based ownership for online platforms
TypeJournal article
AuthorsSchneider, N.
Abstract

This essay introduces what promise a novel broad-based capital strategy—trusts serving platform users—might hold for the online economy, especially as an enabler of more widespread, organized, and democratic user accountability. It draws on lessons from the experience of employee ownership alongside emerging opportunities for other kinds of broad-based ownership structures. User-oriented trusts could enable meaningful co-governance and profit sharing among essential stakeholders, a prospect that merits research and experimentation.

JournalInformatik Spektrum
Journal citation43, pp. 9-14
ISSN1432-122X
0170-6012
Year2020
PublisherSpringer
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s00287-020-01242-x
Publication dates
Published05 Feb 2020

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