Of course, we already saw some worries attached to a psychological continuity account of ownership that were unrelated to its being an account of numerical identity (e.g., the gradual fugue of Johann to Sebastian, and the psychological discontinuity case).
Although many years have passed since the Purdys lived there, the continuity of their ownership has doubtless helped save the house from inappropriate modernizations from a string of tenants: an antique shop followed by a succession of restaurants.
"David promised the continuity of family ownership; we didn't want to have to do this again soon," says Herman.
"The typical structure of Italian capitalism, with family ownership, favors the continuity of companies and, at least in the past, transmitted a level of trust and stability," said Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffé, a professor of industrial strategy at the Bocconi University Business School in Milan.
Nutt also says his method ensures continuity of management, because the shot at ownership gives the next generation of employees an incentive to work harder and stay with the firm.
On the subject of continuity and on a similar vein as the one above (short shift patterns), a major recurring theme within interviews was lack of ownership, which most saw as a disadvantage.
Create a sense of ownership.
Changes of ownership have been a distraction.
This is plain evidence of ownership.
The language of ownership is unfortunate.
