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Profit Sharing Boosts Employee Productivity and Satisfaction

Harvard Business Review

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.

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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.).

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

Harvard Business Review

On their own merits, worker-owned businesses can show policy makers, investors, managers, and advisers that companies with democratic ownership values and structures are operated with the same profit motivation as other companies. ESOPs typically allocate shares to employees in proportion to their pay.

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