# Stakeholders

`kaal:entity:stakeholders`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 4 claims that carry the concept tag `stakeholders`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

4 claims across 3 works, 2013 to 2018.

**2013**

- [2317580-038](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2317580-038) [mechanism/argued] -- Governance of health care providers is distinctively complicated because directors must balance patients, physicians, taxpayers, the government, and shareholders, and substantial government involvement and liability through Medicare and Medicaid make the taxpaying public a stakeholder.
  > Substantial government involvement and liability through Medicare and Medicaid further complicates governance of health care providers because the taxpaying public is a stakeholder.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Elizabeth R. Malay, The Role of Corporate Integrity Agreements in the Expansion of Fiduciary Duties (2013). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2317580

**2017**

- [2922176-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2922176-024) [condition/argued] -- Inclusive and unmediated stakeholder relationships demand a much higher degree of cooperation, loyalty, and mutual trust than control-oriented, centralized, and vertical organizational forms do.
  > Compared to the more control-oriented, centralized, and vertical organizational forms, inclusive and unmediated relationships among firms' stakeholders require a high degree of cooperation, loyalty, and mutual trust.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P. M. Vermeulen, The ‘Unmediated’ and ‘Tech-Driven’ Corporate Governance of Today's Winning Companies (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2922176

**2018**

- [3227933-008](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-008) [definitional/argued] -- What distinguishes a platform style organization is not its technology but its internal organization: it uses stakeholder input and feedback to continuously improve user experience and engagement with its products and services.
  > What makes a platform-style of organization distinctive is that it uses stakeholders' input and feedback to improve the user experience and engagement with the platform and its products, services, and other solutions.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933
- [3227933-009](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-009) [design/asserted] -- In the most successful firms governance is no longer about hierarchy or control; it is about creating a flat, open and inclusive ecosystem that leverages the talents of all stakeholders in the company's network.
  > In the best and most successful firms, governance is no longer about hierarchy or control. Instead, the focus is on creating a flat, open and inclusive organizational environment or "eco-system" that leverages the talents of all stakeholders in that company's network.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

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