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Huawei: A Case Study of When Profit Sharing Works

Harvard Business Review

It is the only Chinese company that receives more sales revenue from markets outside China (67%) than from inside it. isn’t one of those markets. At Huawei’s inception, Zhengfei designed the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The structure of the ESOP is based on two important premises.

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More than One Way to Organize a Business

Thin Difference

Instead of operating top-down, power is distributed throughout the organization, giving individuals and teams more freedom to self-manage, while staying aligned to the organization’s purpose. Producer: owned by producers of commodities or crafts who have joined forces to process and market their products. Key Elements of Holacracy.

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

Harvard Business Review

And some companies with employee majority-owned stock programs, such as Publix Super Markets and outerwear maker W.L. 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.

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