Employee Ownership Blog

The Chinese state-owned company Sinopec has tentative government approval to acquire a controlling interest in Chevron South Africa, currently a subsidiary of U.S.-based Chevron, although the deal is still subject to final approval by the government and a right of first refusal by its current sha

The NCEO has updated its special bulletin on tax reform to incorporate the impact of provisions that focus specifically on certain broad-based equity compensation programs in private companies.

The January-February 2018 issue of the Harvard Business Review includes the article More Than a Paycheck (HBR allows the general public to view three articles per month), by Dennis Campbell, John Case, and Bill Fotsch.

Shawn Moody, who founded the 200-employee Moody's Collision Centers, now an employee ownership company, is running for governor of Maine.

The News-Gazette of Champaign, IL, reported on December 22, 2017, that the Department of Labor is investigating ESOP-owned Hobbico.

The ten-person nonprofit organization Data Driven Detroit is becoming an employee-owned company, according to an article in Crain's Business Detroit.

The NCEO has added a new sample CEO Evaluation Survey in its NCEO Document Library for members (member login required).

Updated January 3, 2018 On December 22, President Trump signed the tax reform bill, making its provisions the law of the land. The law's accelerated timeline ensures that tax experts will uncover new implications of its many changes, especially to business taxation.

The Senate-House conference committee is expected to release the text of the compromise tax reform bill as we write this update, and a vote is expected in both chambers next week.

Acclaimed business author and NCEO board member John Case has written a new 24-page booklet for the NCEO titled Employee Ownership: Building a Better American Economy. It features compelling stories, research results, and easy-access explanations of employee ownership and its potential to

The Employee Ownership Association of the United Kingdom held its annual conference on December 3 and 4, with nearly 700 participants.

According to a December 13 article in the Asia Times, reforms among state-owned enterprises in China aimed at increasing private capital have led 136 Chinese enterprises to experiment with em