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Treat Employees Like Business Owners

Harvard Business Review

And companies — except for the very smallest — can implement an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), often funded through borrowing. Just look at the supermarket industry to see such ownership in action. ” Tool #2 goes by different names: open-book management, economic transparency, ownership culture.

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

Harvard Business Review

Gore and Associates, are leaders in their industries. The largest industrial federation of worker cooperatives in the world, Mondragon Corporation, is one of Spain’s top 10 multinationals, with about $13 billion in revenue from 105 cooperatives, and 75,000 employees stretching across Europe, Asia, South America, and the United States.

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