Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2018

Some businesses with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are converting into structures that more closely resemble worker co-ops. When the founder of Sun Light & Power, a solar power company based in California, created his succession plan recently, he worked with his employees to transition the company from a tax-advantaged ESOP, in which a company’s stock is bought by its workers and employees, to what they called an “ESOP-erative.”

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2016

For instance, individuals who become part of all-employee share ownership plans (ESOPs) are given tax breaks to own their company’s stock. The introduction of ESOPs changed the equation by giving employees a financial stake in their firm that came with voting rights and opportunities to participate in company governance. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR. We all know that people respond to incentives.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

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.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2015

And companies — except for the very smallest — can implement an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), often funded through borrowing. Employee loyalty and engagement are hot topics, and for good reason.

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