Three things
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You need longitudinal studies/examples of how stewardship based business models can perform well in the long run. And by Stewardship I am referring to the concept as a general idea of caring for something so that it remains healthy for the future - rather than a specific form of incorporation. One of the more interesting examples is that of Handelsbanken, one of the major actors in the Swedish Banking sectors. You will find a detailed description of it and other examples in this anthology: politisk-och-ekonomisk-demokrati-i-tillsammans-3e-korrekturet.pdf (266.8 KB).
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A few years ago, we ran an Edgeryders community event aimed at making sense of Stewardship of material, immaterial and relational assets. It was the culmination of a longer conversation which started with people in the community travelling around Europe and conducting interviews with people who were running for social good projects from community gardens to larger scale initiatives. Maybe the thread on Stewardship Through Market Goggles might be of interest. You find the fill report here: 263421647-Can-networked-communities-steward-public-assets-at-scale.pdf (37.1 MB) .
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More recently: Nathan Schneider ( and I suppose others with him) have put a bit of thought into this, while I do not see any mentioned to date) are exploring what they call an “exit to community” alternative to the usual VC path: https://hackernoon.com/startups-need-a-new-option-exit-to-community-ig12v2z73