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Huawei: A Case Study of When Profit Sharing Works

Harvard Business Review

But how feasible are these plans at large, global organizations?There At Huawei’s inception, Zhengfei designed the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). At the time, Zhengfei had no idea what a stock option system was – not being familiar at that time with the types of incentives systems developed in the West.

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Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies

Harvard Business Review

And companion bills developed to enable the U.S. Some businesses with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are converting into structures that more closely resemble worker co-ops. ESOPs typically allocate shares to employees in proportion to their pay. Already, U.S.

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