Wednesday, June 25, 2008

New Research Confirms Majority-Owned ESOPs More Productive Than Non-ESOP Counterparts

Recent research by Brent Kramer, a doctoral candidate at the City University of New York, “provides strong evidence that majority employee-owned businesses have a significant advantage over comparable traditionally-owned businesses in sales per employee.” The average advantage, $44,500, means that a typical 200 person ESOP firm could be expected to have an almost $9 million annual sales advantage over its non-ESOP counterpart. Sales per employee is the total of a company’s...

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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Communications Programs

We’ve discussed communications programs before in this space but as a follow up to the AACE Awards posting a few weeks ago, we thought it might be a good time to bring it up again.    The AACE Awards recognize the outstanding communications programs of ESOP Association members. (If you would like more information about the program, visit the Association’s website http://www.esopassociation.org/resources/resources_AACE.asp.)   Every entry exemplifies the commitment...

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

The New York Times Article Continued

Below are a few of the letters to the editor that members of The ESOP Association shared with the Association. We know many people sent letters and we appreciate their efforts. Below is just sampling of what was shared with the Association.   If you would like to read The New York Times article it can be found here - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/business/29sugar.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=us+sugar&st=nyt&oref=slogin.   __________     Dear Editor:   The...

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