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People working on employee ownership often ask us how many companies fit the "sweet spot" for an ESOP. The size when an ESOP is most likely to be appropriate is, broadly speaking, between 20 and 1,000 employees.

No one knows the number of companies that are reasonable candidates for ESOPs, but census data provides a place to start. According to the U.S.

First-hand reports from China reach different conclusions about just how much employee ownership there really is in that country.

To read the press reports, stock options have become about as popular as Bill Clinton at a Wall Street Journal editorial conference. Fortunately, the press is wrong.

October is Employee Ownership Month, and this year we celebrated it along with Dialectic’s recent recognition as one of Kansas City Business Journal’s Best Places to Work (BP

The passage of the California Employee Ownership Act, the provisions of which I discussed in a recent blog post, has lessons f

When Kris Maynard, the CEO and cofounder of Essential Ingredients, gathered employees for a celebration of the company's 15th anniversary, he had a surprise in store.

In other presidential news, Howard Schultz, the founder and former CEO of Starbucks, has gotten a lot of media attention for his possible run as an independent for President. Schultz was an early proponent of employee ownership.

One of the longest-running ESOP valuation cases is Howard v. Shay. The case has now been in court for eight years and still may not be resolved. The case revolves around a terminated ESOP at Pacific Architects and Engineers (PAE). PAE's principal business was real estate.

Following a new warning, this one from Paul Nakasone, the nominee to head both the National Security Agency and U.S.