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Enum: BusinessOwnershipTypeEnum

Types of business ownership structures

URI: valuesets:BusinessOwnershipTypeEnum

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Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description Agreements Alignment Capital Compliance Control Coordination Disclosure Funding Governance Long Term Ownership Participation Professional Purpose Regulation Structure Succession Trading Values
PRIVATE_OWNERSHIP Private Ownership Business owned by private individuals or entities private capital sources private control limited disclosure requirements private individuals or entities
PUBLIC_OWNERSHIP Public Ownership Business with publicly traded ownership shares public disclosure requirements public shareholders extensive regulatory requirements publicly traded shares
FAMILY_OWNERSHIP Family Ownership Business owned and controlled by family members long-term orientation family members family succession planning family values integration
EMPLOYEE_OWNERSHIP Employee Ownership Business owned by employees through stock or cooperative structure ownership-management alignment employee owners employee participation ESOP or cooperative structure
INSTITUTIONAL_OWNERSHIP Institutional Ownership Business owned by institutional investors institutional capital institutional governance institutional investors professional management
GOVERNMENT_OWNERSHIP Government Ownership Business owned by government entities public funding government entities public policy objectives government oversight
FOREIGN_OWNERSHIP Foreign Ownership Business owned by foreign individuals or entities foreign capital international compliance foreign entities foreign investment regulations
JOINT_OWNERSHIP Joint Ownership Business owned jointly by multiple parties joint ownership agreements ownership coordination shared governance multiple ownership parties

Slots

Name Description
business_ownership_type Type of business ownership structure

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: BusinessOwnershipTypeEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Types of business ownership structures
title: Business Ownership Type
from_schema: https://w3id.org/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  PRIVATE_OWNERSHIP:
    text: PRIVATE_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned by private individuals or entities
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: private individuals or entities
      control:
        tag: control
        value: private control
      capital:
        tag: capital
        value: private capital sources
      disclosure:
        tag: disclosure
        value: limited disclosure requirements
    title: Private Ownership
  PUBLIC_OWNERSHIP:
    text: PUBLIC_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business with publicly traded ownership shares
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: public shareholders
      trading:
        tag: trading
        value: publicly traded shares
      regulation:
        tag: regulation
        value: extensive regulatory requirements
      disclosure:
        tag: disclosure
        value: public disclosure requirements
    title: Public Ownership
  FAMILY_OWNERSHIP:
    text: FAMILY_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned and controlled by family members
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: family members
      succession:
        tag: succession
        value: family succession planning
      values:
        tag: values
        value: family values integration
      long_term:
        tag: long_term
        value: long-term orientation
    title: Family Ownership
  EMPLOYEE_OWNERSHIP:
    text: EMPLOYEE_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned by employees through stock or cooperative structure
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: employee owners
      participation:
        tag: participation
        value: employee participation
      alignment:
        tag: alignment
        value: ownership-management alignment
      structure:
        tag: structure
        value: ESOP or cooperative structure
    title: Employee Ownership
  INSTITUTIONAL_OWNERSHIP:
    text: INSTITUTIONAL_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned by institutional investors
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: institutional investors
      professional:
        tag: professional
        value: professional management
      capital:
        tag: capital
        value: institutional capital
      governance:
        tag: governance
        value: institutional governance
    title: Institutional Ownership
  GOVERNMENT_OWNERSHIP:
    text: GOVERNMENT_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned by government entities
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: government entities
      purpose:
        tag: purpose
        value: public policy objectives
      regulation:
        tag: regulation
        value: government oversight
      funding:
        tag: funding
        value: public funding
    title: Government Ownership
  FOREIGN_OWNERSHIP:
    text: FOREIGN_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned by foreign individuals or entities
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: foreign entities
      regulation:
        tag: regulation
        value: foreign investment regulations
      capital:
        tag: capital
        value: foreign capital
      compliance:
        tag: compliance
        value: international compliance
    title: Foreign Ownership
  JOINT_OWNERSHIP:
    text: JOINT_OWNERSHIP
    description: Business owned jointly by multiple parties
    annotations:
      ownership:
        tag: ownership
        value: multiple ownership parties
      agreements:
        tag: agreements
        value: joint ownership agreements
      governance:
        tag: governance
        value: shared governance
      coordination:
        tag: coordination
        value: ownership coordination
    title: Joint Ownership