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How Entrepreneurs Get Motivated
Author: Bruner, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
In order to better understand what inspires employees in the workplace, three entrepreneurs share what motivates them to get in the office everyday and put in those long hours to turn their dreams into reality...
In Search of Employee Ownership Plans in Mexico
Author: Zorrilla, Maria
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
After hearing so much about how employee stock ownership plans (ESOP) and other ownership plans in the U.S. transform companies, it seemed logical to think that other countries, like Mexico, should have similar incentive plans in place. This assumption, however, turned out to be incorrect....
Take-Aways on Employee Ownership from the Other Side of the Pond
Author: Beyster, Mary Ann
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Take-aways from an international tour featuring the documentary film, “We the Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream.”
The Role of the Board in Employee-Ownership Governance
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
One of the common misconceptions about employee stock ownership plan companies among the general public is that they are inefficient...
Governance Curricula for Employee-Ownership Companies
Author: The Beyster Institute
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Iinstitute
Publication Year: 2013
The Beyster Institute is proud to announce the launch of the complete picture for employee ownership governance education, the Governance Curricula for Employee Ownership Companies.
Ten Ways to Get the Most from a 360-Degree Leadership Assessment
Author: Levy, David
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Ten top tips for getting the most value from a 360-degree leadership assessment.
Employee Ownership, Incentives and Environmental Sustainability
Author: Taylor, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
It is by now common for large corporations to employ several sustainability officers, occasionally in high-ranking positions. A less frequently used tool – employee ownership – may prove a more powerful sustainability over the long term...
Start-ups and Compensating Employees with Equity
Author: Bruner, Mike
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2013
Before running off and launching a start-up business, one of the most important things an entrepreneur must think through is how to best handle equity in the company...
Somewhere Between Complacency and Fear
Author: Rodgers, Loren
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Cecil Ursprung, the former CEO of Reflexite Corporation, once described his ideal organizational culture as being a permanent "state of mild dissatisfaction." You may not agree with the word "dissatisfaction," but I expect you would agree that innovation flourishes when employee owners are constantly seeking ways to improve the company and that happens when employees are not satisfied with the status quo. Creative energy flows when people refuse to walk away from situations that are "good enough.”
The Age of Autonomy
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Why is Southwest so uniquely able to succeed where others can’t? The thing that makes Southwest employees a powerful force for success is that they are autonomous workers working toward a common goal...
Equal Exchange: Doing Well by Doing Good©
Authors: Harris, Benita W.; Manz, Karen P.; Shipper, Frank; Manz, Charles C.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Foundation for Enterprise Development
Publication Year: 2012
In 1983, Rink Dickinson, Jonathan Rosenthal, and Michael Rozyne were all recent college graduates and working for a food co-op warehouse in the Boston area. They began to question the system, asking “What if food could be traded in a way that is honest and fair, a way that empowers both farmers and consumers? What if trade supported family farms' use of organic methods rather than methods that harm the environment?” It became apparent to them that if they were going to pursue their vision, they were going to have to develop an organization...
Communication for an Employee-Owned Company
Author: Cai, Junyi
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Communication benefits the employee-ownership plan of a company in many ways. A well-communicated plan and a well-planned communication campaign are much more likely to accomplish your objectives...
Improving State-Level Policy Advocacy for Employee Ownership
Author: Taylor, Michael
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
If undertaken nationwide, initiatives to support employee ownership at the state level could dramatically improve not only the welfare of prospective employee owners, but also revitalize an important source of U.S. firms' competitive advantage in the global marketplace...
Selling Ownership to an ESOP: An Attractive Route to Cashing Out
Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2012
Any business owner who evaluates their succession options without investigating the concept of an employee stock ownership plan will be making a mistake. What is an ESOP, and how does it work?
Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution
Author: Kelly, Marjorie
Product Type: Books / Book Chapters
Source: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication Year: 2012
Looking around at the wreckage left in the wake of the world economy’s latest crisis, veteran business journalist Marjorie Kelly noticed that some institutions were left relatively unscathed. What did they have in common? The key, Kelly realized, is seemingly obscure: ownership. Prominent among the survivors were organizations that combined the flexibility of traditional private ownership with a focus on the common good...
Can There Be “Good” Corporations?
Author: Kelly, Marjorie
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: YES! Magazine
Publication Year: 2012
When companies are owned by workers and the community—instead of Wall Street financiers—everything changes.
Employee Ownership and International Diplomacy: Meeting with a Representative of a Thai Worker Cooperative
Author: Colligan, James
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Jittra Cotshadet coordinates the Try Arm Worker Collective in Thailand which manufactures ladies' lower undergarments. She described the trials her collective faces in the current Thai political climate...
Client Profile: CMC Rescue, Inc.
Author: Zollars, Ron
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
CMC Rescue became 92 percent employee owned in 2011. Jim came to the realization that employee ownership could realistically be the only way to assure continuation of CMC with its current operations and employees...
Using Ownership Incentives in China
Author: Carleton, Tamara
Product Type: Cases
Source: Innovation Leadership Board LLC
Publication Year: 2011
Roy Weber met Cheng Wang, a business consultant and Chinese entrepreneur, at Cheng’s hotel bar in Silicon Valley. Although Roy was slightly familiar with Chinese business practices, he welcomed more advice from a Chinese national. Could Roy transplant Silicon Valley’s model of employee ownership to China, and what would this process entail for a technology startup?
Open Systems: Applying Diverse Employee Ownership Theories to Address Today’s Complex Challenges
Author: Foundation for Enterprise Development
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: The Foundation for Enterprise Development
Publication Year: 2011
The ideas of employee ownership and various forms of profit sharing in corporations have been around for a long time. The shorthand proposition under study is this: If employees observe that they have a meaningful stake in the fortunes of the enterprise, they create value. More specifically, if they have a financial and emotional stake in the performance of the venture, then as individuals and as a workplace community they will raise the level of their performance and productivity.
Joseph R. Blasi
Author: Blasi, Joseph
Product Type: Featured Users
Source:
Publication Year: 2011
Joseph R. Blasi's Featured User Page
Positioning and Marketing your Company – Internal and External Customers
Author: Scott, Sid
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Beyster Institute; University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publication Year: 2011
This presentation and accompanying worksheet discuss ways to clarify and refine your company’s value proposition, for both employee owned and other firms. It outlines ways to position your brand both internally and externally, gives examples of existing company approaches, and focuses on customer collaboration, strategic growth, and customer development.
Worker Cooperative Case Study: Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing
Authors: Billeaux, Michael; Reynolds, Anne; Young-Hyman, Trevor; Zayim, Ayca
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
Publication Year: 2011
While the U.S. manufacturing sector has shrunk over the past 30 years, the fully worker-owned Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing (IEM) cooperative has thrived in the automated manufacturing industry.
Sustaining Employee Ownership for the Long Term: The Challenge of the Mature ESOP Company
Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
What do veteran ESOP companies have much to teach us about what it takes to sustain employee ownership over the long term?
Client Profile: n-Link Corporation
Author: Zollars, Ron
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
n-Link Founder Sandra Green explains that in the early days she wasn’t exactly certain what employee ownership entailed but knew intrinsically that it was a good thing for the company and the employees.
Let's Deal with Sustainability Once and for All
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
I think the reason we are still undecided about the sustainability of the employee-ownership model is simply that there are still significant numbers of business leaders (and, more importantly, business advisors) for whom the idea that allowing employees to earn capital as well as salary and benefits just sounds wrong.
Principled Entrepreneurship and Shared Leadership: The Case of TEOCO (The Employee Owned Company)
Authors: Calo, Thomas; Roche, Olivier; Shipper, Frank
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University
Publication Year: 2011
The case describes a unique corporate culture that motivates employees to achieve the organization objectives. It also discusses the company development strategy, the concept of shared leadership and how their recent partnership with a major private equity firm may have changed TEOCO's culture and its business model...
Cataphora: Teaching Note
Authors: Lee, Moses; Goldstein, Amy
Product Type: Notes
Source: Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan
Publication Year: 2011
This Teaching Note accompanies the "Cataphora: A Conscious Decision to Bootstrap" case.
Cataphora: A Conscious Decision to Bootstrap
Authors: Lee, Moses; Goldstein, Amy
Product Type: Cases
Source: Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan
Publication Year: 2011
At the beginning of 2007, Cataphora, an employee]owned, bootstrapped software company was at a crossroads. The Vice President of Sales, Jonathan Nystrom, had been struck by a family emergency that would force him to take a temporary leave of absence from the company. This situation would have a significant negative impact on any start]up with a small sales force; for an entirely bootstrapped company, it was potentially disastrous.
Use Equity (Stock) to Motivate Your Key Employees
Authors: Honeycutt, Paul; Smith, Ronald
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Business owners who set up employee incentive plans generally do so to motivate their employees to work harder and smarter. There are several types of equity-based incentive plans owners can use to achieve these purposes...
Creating a High-Performing Workplace
Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Interviews
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Beyster Institute Senior Consultant Martin Staubus is teaching a course entitled "Management 269: Creating a High-Performing Workplace." In this interview, Professor Staubus describes the course's five themes.
Client Profile: Flexpak Corporation
Author: Zollars, Ron
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Flexpak Corporation, has been a leader in providing thermoforming and packaging services to its clients for many years. The employee-owned company, founded in 1974 by Donald Bond is headquartered a few minutes from downtown Phoenix, Ariz.
Taking Stock: Are Employee Options Good for Business?
Author: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Product Type: Journal Articles
Source: Knowledge@W.P. Carey
Publication Year: 2011
Many workers view stock options as a way to get a piece of their company's action and share a stake in its overall performance. But what's in it for employers?
Client Profile: Los Angeles Engineering
Author: Zollars, Ron
Product Type: Mini-Cases
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2011
Learn more about a unique engineering company that has been providing critical infrastructure services throughout southern California since 1986...
2011 Employee Ownership Executive Briefing Featuring Michael Keeling
Author: Keeling, Michael
Product Type: Multimedia
Source: The Beyster Institute, Rady School of Management’s Executive Speaker Series
Publication Year: 2011
Michael Keeling, president of the ESOP Association explores the outlook for employee ownership in general and the ESOP model in the 21st century...
Inclusive Capitalism for the American Workforce: Reaping the Rewards of Economic Growth through Broad-based Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing
Authors: Freeman, Richard B.; Blasi, Joseph; Kruse, Douglas L.
Product Type: Policy and Issue Reports
Source: Center for American Progress
Publication Year: 2011
What can be done to reverse the economic disparity in our nation and restore prosperity for all? This paper lays out a policy reform that will help restore the link between economic growth and the earnings of workers so that the recovery re-establishes a prosperous middle class. The reform encourages firms to develop broad-based incentive compensation systems that link employee earnings to the performance of the firm. This reform would give employees access to the capital- related earnings of their companies comparable to that of the senior executives who run these firms.
Elizabeth Jacobs: Price-Earnings Ratios and Employee Stock Option Grants
Author: Hawkins, David F.
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2011
Elizabeth had a number of concerns related to the heavy use of employee stock options as incentives and employee compensation in the high-technology sector...
Employee Ownership: Making It Work
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
Employee ownership is a persuasive concept for many, owners and employees alike. But how to decide if an ESOP or other equity model is the right alternative, how to get started, and how to keep the model working once it is in place? This Reading Collection includes a selection of material related to the nuts and bolts of ESOP and other equity models.
The Employee Ownership Culture
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
How to establish a positive employee culture and use it to promote the good of the company are key questions for business leaders. Supporters of employee-owned businesses argue that instilling an ownership culture creates the type of human resource environment necessary for corporate success. This Reading Collection includes material related to the organizational cultures of companies using employee and stock ownership, profit sharing, and other incentive-based compensation models.
Employee Ownership and Performance
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Product Type: Reading Collections
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
Companies choose employee ownership models for many reasons, including better governance, succession planning, cultural, or other reasons, but in all cases one of the critical questions to ask is "How is employee ownership related to performance?"
SAIC (A, B)
Authors: Hall, William; Lee, Moses
Product Type: Cases
Source: Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Michigan
Publication Year: 2011
At the start, Dr. Beyster made the decision that SAIC would be employee owned and that ownership would be based on merit and contribution to the company, not tenure. Using employee ownership as a selling point to prospective hires, Dr. Beyster was able to recruit talented employees and build a successful organizational culture. However, changes made after Dr. Beyster stepped down would have implications for SAIC's company culture...
Australian Employee Ownership Association
Author: Australian Employee Ownership Association
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: Australian Employee Ownership Association
Publication Year: 2011
The AEOA serves to protect its member's interests through monitoring government activity and mobilising members and the community to protect the gains that employee ownership has made and the rights of employees in Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and other employee share schemes.
European Federation of Employee Shareownership
Author: European Federation of Employee Share Ownership
Product Type: Web Sites
Source: European Federation of Employee Share Ownership
Publication Year: 2011
The European Federation of Employee Share Ownership (EFES) acts as the umbrella organization of employee owners, companies and all persons, trade unions, experts, researchers, institutions looking to promote employee ownership and participation in Europe.
Help with CLEO
Authors: Barr, Garrett; Beyster, Mary Ann; Darr, Rebecca; Johnson, Jennifer; Zollars, Ron
Product Type:
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Publication Year: 2011
Employee Ownership: News and Updates
Author: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Product Type: Web Sites
Source:
Publication Year: 2011
A number of websites related to employee ownership maintain blogs and other news feeds designed to help you stay up to date...
More than Merely Sustainable
Author: Mathews, Anthony
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2010
The sustainability debate continues in the employee-ownership community. The fear that employee-owned companies will not be strong enough to survive without significant outside capital, which will end their employee ownership, is still very widespread...
Trends in Employee Ownership: Important Demographic Developments
Author: Staubus, Martin
Product Type: Essays and Concept Papers
Source: The Beyster Institute
Publication Year: 2010
As the baby boom approaches retirement, prospects for employee ownership are ramping up...
Mid-Missouri Energy
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Weber, James; Shelman, Mary
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Mid-Missouri Energy is a farmer-owned cooperative created to take advantage of the growing interest in ethanol as an automotive fuel.
Mid-Missouri Energy: Ethanol from Corn
Authors: Reinhardt, Forest; Holbrook, Noel Michele; Weber, James; Sartor, Karla
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
Mid-Missouri Energy is a farmer-owned cooperative created to take advantage of the growing interest in ethanol as an automotive fuel.
Agricultural Cooperatives: Origins, Structure, Financing and Partnerships
Authors: Goldberg, Ray A.; Preble, Matthew
Product Type: Notes
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2010
This technical note explains how agricultural cooperatives are structured and financed, as well as how they form partnerships with one another and other elements of the food system.
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