| Type | Business ownership plan |
| Impact | Promote worker engagement • Reduce income inequality • Shared company success |
| Invented | During the rise of craft guilds |
| Objective | Empower skilled workers, retain talent, share business success |
| Industries | Textiles • shipbuilding • worker-owned co-operatives |
| Popularized | Industrial Revolution |
| Political influence | Championed by progressive movements as an alternative to capitalism |
