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Time to Sell Your Business? An ESOP May Be the Answer

Strategy Driven

Look no further than the “ entrepreneur ” and “ start-ups ” categories to see what it takes to build a successful company. Selling one’s company to an ESOP, an employee stock ownership plan, does just that. Selling to an ESOP preserves company culture and increases productivity, which generally ensures strong future performance.

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Huawei: A Case Study of When Profit Sharing Works

Harvard Business Review

At Huawei’s inception, Zhengfei designed the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The structure of the ESOP is based on two important premises. Huawei’s ESOP can satisfy both human needs. For its part, Huawei’s internal policy is to use U.S. law as the guiding law in their international business.).