Ohio’s Oldest ESOP: Alloy Engineering’s Success Story
Extending ownership to all employees, involving all in managing the business and tying the compensation to profits brought a renaissance to Alloy Engineering twenty years ago.
New Social Investing Option: In Equal Exchange
Fair trade and beverage pioneer, Equal Exchange, has teamed up with socially progressive bank, Wainwright Bank, to raise capital, protect its independence, and create a new financial product for investors.
These Workers Act like Owners (Because They Are)
Unlike so many other chief executives, Cecil Ursprung will never be accused of losing sight of his shareholders. He sees them every day—in the parking lot, in the hallways, even on the factory floor.
ESOP Strength in Minnesota
Why ESOPs work well for Minnesota companies. The state of Minnesota claims more ESOPs per capita than any other state.
The Political Economy of Employee Ownership in the United States: From Economic Democracy to Industrial Democracy?
This study examines the development of economic democracy in the United States since the 1700s with particular emphasis on the last 30 years. The particular focus is on employee ownership…
A Direct Stake in Economic Life: Worker-Owned Firms
That individuals work harder, better and with greater enthusiasm when they have a direct interest in the outcome is self-evident to most people. The obvious question is: Why aren’t large numbers of businesses organized on this principle? The answer is: In fact, thousands and thousands of them are.
Insuring the Future: Foundation Secure, Co-Founder Focuses On Giving Back
Oswald Trippe & Co. will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year, but longevity isn’t what cofounder and chief executive officer Gary Trippe lists as his top accomplishment.
Employee Ownership Indices and Investment Funds in the U.S. 1992–Present
Provides a detailed slide presentation related to the history and experience os employee ownership indices and mutual funds in the United States.
The Ultimate Employee Buy-in
Sell the company to your employees? It’s a great idea–both for you and for the business you’re leaving behind.
Honorable Mention: The Anti-FEMA
As government officials dawdled, Richard Zuschlag didn’t miss a beat. He sent his medics into flood-ravaged New Orleans, where they rescued more than 7,000 people.
eBay, Inc.: Stock Option Plans (A, B)
The footnote disclosure for eBay, Inc. in 2000 indicates that if the company had accounted for employee stock options under the fair value method, its reported profit of $48 million would have been a loss of $91 million.
The Straight Scoop on ESOPs: Why Is This Employee Benefit Plan So Popular in the Engineering Industry?
Why is this employee benefit plan so popular in the engineering industry?
Alpine Lumber: A Strategic Combination of Acquisitions, Value-Added Services and…
Growth rarely comes without growing pains, especially in the Darwinian world of retail. One of the major challenges for any successful business is managing growth by planning and executing effective strategies.
Financial Valuation of Employee Stock Ownership Plan Shares
It is estimated that more than 20 million employees currently hold stock in their companies through a variety of benefit options, including employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), broadly granted stock options, or 401(k) plans with heavy concentrations of employer stock.
Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business
Today, more than 25 percent of American workers own stock in their employers. Now Corey Rosen, John Case, and Martin Staubus present convincing evidence that employee ownership can be much more than just a good benefit program.
The 1042 Roll-Over Cooperative in Practice: A Case Study of How Select Machine Became a Co-Op
On September 30, the seven employees of Select Machine, in Brimfield, Ohio, began to purchase their company from the two retiring owners, Doug Beavers and Bill Sagaser, using an employee-owned cooperative.
Vision, Mission, Credo
This note contains examples of mission and vision statements from a number of employee-owned companies, including Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Whole Foods, King Arthur Flour, and more.
The ABCs of ESOPs: Employee Stock Ownership Plans Are Making Ownership Succession a Success
An increasing number of engineering firms are adopting ESOPs because of their many benefits. “We’re seeing a resurgence in them,” says Matheson, managing director of Matheson Financial Advisors in Falls Church, Va. “There’s a growing trend.”
Broad-Based Stock Options: Before and After the Market Downturn
We examine labor productivity in small, medium, and large firms that broadly distribute stock options under starkly different market conditions – during the bull (1995-1997) and bear (2000-2002) stock markets. We find greater labor output in both upward and downward markets in all firm size categories, with the exception of small firms in a declining market, where the productivity is also greater, but the statistical significance of the result is weak.
Executive and Broad-Based Stock Options: Evidence from U.S. Panel Data
This paper examines the productivity effect of the adoption of executive and broad-based stock options. The findings include a positive impact on productivity after the introduction of both executive and broad-based stock options.
Broad-Based Employee Stock Options in the U.S.: Company Performance and Characteristics
This paper analyses data on 490 companies with broad-based stock option plans, matched to data from Compustat in order to compare their characteristics and performance to that of other public companies.
Conscious Growth: Why South Mountain Co. Pursues Deliberate Rather Than Maximum Growth
Is it true that small businesses are just big businesses that haven’t succeeded yet? John Abrams’ company pursues conscious growth not maximum growth.
Davey Tree Stands Tall with Employee Ownership
Over 25 years, The Davey Tree Expert Company’s employee owners built a good small company into one of the premier companies in its industry, with an entrepreneurial zest for new products and acquisitions. The company’s development would have pleased its inventive founder and provably surprised the family members who sold it to hesitant employees in 1979.
Ohio’s Employee-Owned Network: Helping Employee-Owned Companies to Help Themselves?
Can a support organization enhance the development and performance of an employee-owned sector in a market economy? That is the question this paper will address.
Does Employee Ownership Enhance Firm Survival?
Research on employee ownership has focused on questions of productivity, profitability, and employee attitudes and behavior, while there has been little attention to the most basic measure of performance: survival of the company. This study uses data on all U.S. public companies as of 1988, following them through 2001 to examine how employee ownership is related to survival.