Employee Ownership Culture Building: Process and Success Measures
This presentation outlines ways to measure success in an employee owned company, how to achieve positive results, and learn from the ‘best companies to work for.’
Who Runs an ESOP Company?
This presentation discusses the governance structure of employee-owned companies, including trustees, fiduciaries, administrators and plan participants…
Understanding Motivation: How Managers Can Contribute to the Success of the Organization
This Powerpoint presentation provides an introduction to the topic of motivation in the workplace and discusses ways in which managers can encourage better performance by contributing to employee motivation.
Unlocking the Power of Ownership
Company owners and managers often wonder why their employees don’t feel the same dedication to the job that they do.
Tax-Advantaged Employee Share Schemes: Analysis of Productivity Effects
Oxera was commissioned by HM Revenue & Customs (formerly the Inland Revenue) to examine the impact of tax-advantaged share schemes on UK company performance (whereby companies reward their employees by granting them shares, or share options, as part of their remuneration package).
The Lure of ESOPs
This year’s survey of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies shows that PROFIT 100 leaders consider employee share-ownership plans (ESOPs) part of the solution to help attract, motivate and retain top talent.
ESOP Termination: Phase 1
This report describes the results of the first phase of a research project on the reasons companies terminate employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). It summarizes interviews with company leaders at former ESOP companies and suggests directions for the quantitative research planned for phase 2 of this project.
An Overview of Existing Data on Employee Share Ownership in Australia
This paper provides an overview of existing data on employee share ownership (ESO) in Australia. It is concerned with broad-based employee share ownership plans.
Effects of ESOP Adoption and Employee Ownership: Thirty Years of Research and Experience
In the mid-1970s employee ownership was a fringe phenomenon in the US. Today more than one in six US private sector employees now own shares in their company, and more than one in 12 US private sector employees now participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.
Hy-Vee’s Winning Ways
Here’s why Hy-Vee is successful as a chain and as a marketer of its private brands: Location, Ownership, Organization, Brands, Promotion and Customer Focus.
A Positive Movement Forward: Carris Companies Employee-Governance
This chapter presents William (Bill) H. Carris’s distinctive organizational design for a positive and practical model of 100% employee-governance in the movement toward 100% employee-ownership of the Carris Companies, a manufacturer of wood, plastic, and metal reels in six United States locations and one in Mexico…
ESOPs and Earnings Management: An Empirical Note
This study seeks to ascertain the impact of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) on earnings management.
Broad-Based Employee Stock Options Grants and IPO Firms
CFOs may wonder about the best ways to keep stock-owning employees committed to the company after an IPO. Research by corporate finance professors Peter Roosenboom and Tjalling van der Groot shows a decrease in insiders’ stock ownership from 52.1% before the IPO to 34% afterward, an indication of the powerful financial lure a post-IPO stock sale presents.
King Arthur Flour
Steve Voigt, the CEO of King Arthur Flour, must determine how the company can continue to grow, whilst preserving its unique culture. In 1996, the company was sold to employees in as ESOP transaction. The following decade saw significant growth, despite declining sales for the industry as a whole. The success could be attributed both … Read More
Unions and Employee Ownership: A Road to Economic Democracy?
In the relationship between unions and employee share ownership, neither threatened the other, and their combination led to benefits for employees, particularly where unionized employees were majority owners.
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.
Employee Share Ownership Plans: Evaluating the Role of Tax and Other Factors Using Two Case Studies
This study explores, through case studies of ESO plans at two Australian companies, three key issues relevant to the implementation of ESO plans and the policy and regulation applicable to ESO plans.
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.
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Equity Compensation
The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Equity Compensation is a comprehensive overview of employee ownership practices and practicalities.
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…
Employee Share Ownership Schemes: Two Case Studies
This study seeks to open up an examination of the reasons for implementing an ESO scheme at the enterprise level in Australia, through two interview-based case studies conducted at National Australia Bank Ltd and Palm Springs Ltd.
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.
The Value of Stock Options to Non-Executive Employees
This study empirically investigates the value employees place on stock options using information from the option exercise behavior of individuals