Leads on research on the impacts of different ownership structures

["Carla B. Dickstein" <cbd@ceimaine.org>]

I will be serving on a state commission formed in Maine during the last
legislative session to look at the patterns of business ownership in Maine
and how/whether different ownership structures affect the employment and
assets of workers, the community where the firm is located, and the natural
environment.  
The study commission will also make recommendations to the legislature for
the role the state might play in broadening ownership in Maine businesses.  

Is anyone familiar with any body of literature on ownership impacts, aside
from employee ownership?  Is there anyone I could contact who studies these
issues or could give me more leads?  

Some of the areas I am interested in are in-state, out-of-state,
out-of-country location of owner; public vs. privately -held companies, and
the pressures of growth:  particularly what happens to small companies that
need venture capital or a public offering to grow, especially in rural
areas like Maine.  Does ownership have any distinctive impact or is it
correlated with other factors such as size of the firm?  The topic is broad
but I am trying to see if anything is available besides  anecdotal
information on ownership patterns. 

Thanks very much.
Carla Dickstein  
Carla Dickstein                
Senior Development Officer
Coastal Enterprises, Inc.
P.O. Box 268
Wiscasset, ME 04578
Phone 207 882-7552  Fax   207 882-7308
http://www.ceimaine.org