Employee Ownership & Shared Entrepreneurship Resources: SAIC

"In The SAIC Solution 2nd Edition, Dr. J. Robert Beyster, the founder of SAIC who grew the company into the largest employee-owned research and engineering company, addresses a number of recent issues faced by SAIC, including its 2006 IPO and the subsequent dismantling of its employee-ownership culture, significant loss of shareholder value, and eventual split up of the company. This book includes best practices for steady and rapid growth, and is a cautionary tale for any entrepreneur, company founder, or executive who may find that the company and culture he or she built over the course of many years is at risk."

• SAIC, 7, 18, 28: approach to ownership, 104, 146; company background, 99-101; education in ownership, 103; employee-owned basis, 101; information sharing, 36, 112, 114; metrics watched, 156; participative management’s impact, 135-136; stock program, 102-103