What does it say about the viability of market-based strategies that even the most integral moral commitment to worker equity ultimately could not stand up to economic and market pressures?
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Nathan Schneider: Discarded Mutualisms
We should resist the temptation to mistake what is for what could or should be.
Continue ReadingErbin Crowell and Sonja Novkovic: ESOPs or Co-ops? Depends on the Long-Term Goal
While both co-ops and ESOPs are often included under the umbrella of “employee ownership,” this term has been largely appropriated by conventional economic thought that places the right to dispose of property at the center of ownership rights.
Continue ReadingMelissa Hoover: Employee Ownership Often Helps to Shape and Build Hot New Markets—Then What?
Can lessons from New Belgium help us think differently about employee ownership in high-growth sectors?
Continue ReadingMartin Staubus: New Belgium—A Success by Any Measure
Rumors of the death of employee ownership are greatly exaggerated.
Continue ReadingJason Wiener: Let’s Not Let the Ideal Be the Enemy of the Pretty-Darn-Great
We ought to celebrate instances of employee self-determination, including the right of employees to cash out and move on.
Continue ReadingJared Kaplan: The Sustainable Legacy of New Belgium Brewing
Sustainability isn’t the same as immortality, and it certainly doesn’t mean stagnation.
Continue ReadingJennifer Briggs: New Belgium Was More than an ESOP
An ESOP in and of itself doesn’t create a company like New Belgium—it takes culture, too.
Continue ReadingMatt Cropp: What is Expected of Employee Ownership?
Employee ownership was core to New Belgium’s identity, and their story offered an alternative model to many concerned by the corporate consolidation of the craft beer sector over the past few years.
Continue ReadingMichael Keeling: ESOP Terminations—Red Flag?
As employee ownership advocates, we need to address why so many ESOP companies walk away from broad-based ownership.
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