Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): Structured Ownership Systems

Entrepreneurial ownership is increasingly shaped by organizational systems that lower barriers to business participation, transfer critical capabilities, and enable scalable growth beyond conventional venture creation. Bringing together emerging conceptual perspectives on ownership transition, structured entrepreneurship, capability development, organizational replication, and multi-unit expansion, this issue offers a fresh understanding of how entrepreneurial ownership evolves through coordinated organizational mechanisms rather than solely through individual venture founding.

The articles collectively reposition ownership as a central analytical construct in entrepreneurship and business management research. Rather than viewing ownership as a by-product of venture creation, they examine how organizational structures facilitate entrepreneurial entry, accelerate competence formation, support the replication of proven business models, and enable sustainable ownership growth. Together, these contributions bridge entrepreneurship, strategic management, organizational learning, and franchising into a coherent intellectual conversation.

By advancing ownership-centered perspectives, the issue invites researchers to reconsider how entrepreneurial participation is created, developed, and expanded within contemporary business systems. It provides new conceptual foundations for future research while offering insights relevant to scholars and practitioners interested in entrepreneurial development, organizational design, business scaling, and long-term value creation.