Ownership, work, and institutions
Business and Ownership
Business books and series about ownership, enterprise, accountability, and the decisions that shape an organization.
The Paid Last Series
Books for owners, future owners, and the people an owner is developing.
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The Paid Last Series · Volume One · Available
Residual Claimants
How to Think Like and Become a Business Owner. By Stephen Deason. A practical system for owners developing people to see the work, exercise judgment, and carry the responsibility of ownership.
Hardcover, Amazon
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The Paid Last Series · Companion · Available
The Realities of Ownership
A Handbook for Owners and the People They Develop. By Stephen Deason. Business sayings, the false beliefs behind them, and the costs owners carry. A companion for the owner’s desk and the people an owner develops.
Hardcover, Amazon
View editionForthcoming in The Paid Last Series: The Owner’s Arithmetic and Capital and Governance.
Other published business books
Mission Matters is by Stephen Deason with Adam Torres and is published by Mission Matters Media.
Available · Paperback
Complaints Log Book
Organize Concerns, Ensure Accountability, and Improve Service
For companies and organizations recording the complaints they receive.
ISBN 979-8-952410-05-3.
In development
The Residual Claimant Series
A business series building on Residual Claimants and The Paid Last Series. Depth of Field, Parallax, Latent Image, and Refraction are in development.
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Business nonfiction · Forthcoming
Valued
How Purpose Driven Businesses Can Conquer Addiction and Marginalization in America. By Stephen Deason. A practical case for businesses, agencies, and investors to build value through work, accountability, and second chances.
Title pageThe Keystone Volume · Forthcoming
Authority as Governance
Residual Risk, Knightian Uncertainty, and the Institutional Logic of the Firm. A scholarly inquiry into residual risk, uncertainty, and the institutional logic of authority.
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