Video Tutorials and Podcasts
- A Visual Guide to Employee Ownership - Videos (esopinfo.org)Videos and podcasts on employee ownership from the National Center for Employee Ownership
Films and Documentaries
Enterprising Owners is a short documentary series produced by Mary Ann Beyster that focuses on showcasing employee-owned enterprises and those who support employee ownership. For more information about the film, visit its website.
Talks and Presentations
- Shared Entrepreneurship Keynote Speech at 1st International Rendanheyi Model ForumFull citation:
Shipper, F. (2017). “Shared Entrepreneurship: A Path to Engaged Employee Ownership.” Keynote speech presented at The 1st International Rendanheyi Model Forum. Qingdao, China, September 20-21, 2017 (Video available at: https://vimeo.com/239738936/a261f8ef66.).
- Ownership and Poverty, Presented at the Oxford Conference on Ownership & Poverty, 2016.Mayer, C. & Shipper, F. (2016). “Ownership and Poverty.” Presented at the Oxford Conference on Ownership & Poverty. University of Oxford, United Kingdom, July 4-5, 2016 (Transcript of presentation in conference proceedings, pp. 94-99).
Articles
- Kelly, M., & Rose, J. (2018, January 29). Employee ownership pays dividends in rural, says private equity firm. The Daily Yonder. Retrieved from http://www.dailyyonder.com/employee-ownership-pays-dividends-rural-says-private-equity-firm/2018/01/29/23423/.
- Hoffman, R. C., & Shipper, F. (2018). Shared core values of high performing employee-owned enterprises. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion. https://doi.org/10.1080/14766086.2018.1482474
Books
The books on this list were either selected because they provide information on the topic of employee ownership and shared entrepreneurship and/or because they provide specific information on some of the companies from the Company List. Books are organized by Library of Congress Call Number.
- Profit Sharing Between Employer and Employee: A Study in the Evolution of the Wages System, by Nicholas Paine GilmanA seminal work on profit sharing. This work is open access (freely available due to being out of copyright), so you may read or download the book directly from archives.org. The PDF is a searchable text, though you may need to use CTRL (PC) or Command (Mac) + F to open the search window.
Change or Die: the three keys to change at work and in life by Call Number: BF637.C4 D48 2007ISBN: 9780060886899Publication Date: 2007-01-02• Gore, Genevieve "Vieve," 112
• Gore, Wilbert L. "Bill," 111-13
• "Gore-Tex," 112
• W. L. Gore & Associates, 112-15
A Piece of the Action: a plan to provide every family with a $100,000 stake in the economy by Call Number: HB501 .S83 1977ISBN: 0442270100Publication Date: 1977-05-01
What Then Must We Do?: straight talk about the next American revolution by Call Number: HC106.84 .A47 2013ISBN: 9781603584913Publication Date: 2013-05-01
The Future of Management by Call Number: HD31 .H25 2007ISBN: 9781422102503Publication Date: 2007-09-10• eBay, 161
• Semco, 143-145
• W.L. Gore allowance for discretionary time, 90-91, 94; combination of freedom and accountability, 137; company background, 84-85; company structure, 93-94; difficulty in quantifying benefits of management innovation, 98-99; Gore’s motivation and goal for the company, 85-86; lattice-based company structure, 87-88; leadership system, 88-89; management innovation’s impact on power, 96-97; new product-to-market process, 94-96; performance reviews and compensation, 92-93; voluntary commitments system, 91-92; willingness to be bold, 99
What Matters Now: how to win in a world of relentless change, ferocious competition, and unstoppable innovation by Call Number: HD31 .H253 2012ISBN: 9781118120828Publication Date: 2012-02-01• Gore, Bill, 194, 195, 200
• Southwest Airlines, 47, 105
• W.L. Gore & Associates, 126, 190, 193-205
Good to Great: why some companies make the leap--and others don't by Call Number: HD57.7 .C645 2001 c.3ISBN: 0066620996Publication Date: 2001-10-16
Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to Building a Great Business by Call Number: HD57.7 .W453 2010http://www.zingermanspress.com/building-a-great-business
Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 2: A Lapsed Anarchist's Approach to Being a Better Leader by Call Number: HD57.7 .W453 2012http://www.zingermanspress.com/being-a-better-leader
Zingerman's Guide to Good Leading, Part 3: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Managing Ourselves by Call Number: HD57.7 .W453 2013http://www.zingermanspress.com/our-books/managing-ourselves
Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens by Call Number: HD58.7 .D47 2008ISBN: 9780762312870Publication Date: 2007-12-01
Management Reset: organizing for sustainable effectiveness by Call Number: HD58.9 .L389 2011ISBN: 9780470637982Publication Date: 2011-03-29• eBay, 93
• Southwest Airlines, 30, 90-91, 241, 257
• W. L. Gore, 9, 128, 134, 148-151, 164-165
Innovation to the Core: a blueprint for transforming the way your company innovates by Call Number: HD58.9 .S556 2008ISBN: 9781422102510Publication Date: 2008-02-12• eBay, 37, 99, 126, 129, 184, 185
• Southwest Airlines, 47-48, 112-114
• W.L. Gore, 26, 183, 236-237
Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking by Call Number: HD60 .U54 2002 v.1ISBN: 1874719527Publication Date: 2002-10-01• Carris, Henry, 157-58
• Carris, William H. 155-84; influences on, 162-63
• Carris Companies, 155-84; corporate governance of 166-84; Corporate Steering Committee, 172-83; facilities, 160; influence allocation charts, 180-82; mission statement, 164, 173; ownership culture in, 168; products, 159
• Carris de Mexico, 159
• Carris Financial Corporation (CFC), 158; subsidiaries/products, 159
• Carris Foundation, 159
• Carris Plastics, 159
• Carris Reels Inc. 157-58; 159
• Herman Miller Furniture, 164
• Mondragon Co-operatives, 162, 170
Small Giants by Call Number: HD62.7 .B835 2005ISBN: 1591841496Publication Date: 2007-03-27• Zingerman's Community of Businesses (ZCoB): community connection, 50-51, 60-66, 68-69, 85-86; customer connection, 85; exit strategy, 162; growth strategy, 11-12, 36, 41; internal ownership of, 33, 34; learning environment, 60-61; management problems, dealing with, 106-8; passion of owners, 198-99; social responsible activities, 63-66; supplier relationships, 85
• Zingerman's Deli, 9-12, 33, 50, 60-66
• Zingerman's Roadhouse, 33, 34
• ZingTrain, 106-8
The SAIC Solution: Built by Employee Owners by Call Number: HD62.37 .B49 2014ISBN: 1494930412Publication Date: 2014-05-13"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."
Collaborative Entrepreneurship by Call Number: HD69.S8 M55 2005ISBN: 0804748012Publication Date: 2005-06-01"Collaborative Entrepreneurship discusses a revolutionary new competitive strategy of continuous innovation that fulfills the need for efficient provision of a constant stream of new products, services, and markets. The book explains how firms can build a collaborative community within which they can freely share in the creation of wealth through innovation, with the assurance that the wealth they create will be equitably distributed."
Worker Cooperatives in America by Call Number: HD3134 .W67 1984ISBN: 0520051173Publication Date: 1984-01-01• Mondragon cooperatives, 7, 10, 12, 16-21, 24, 25, 29, 218, 225, 228, 230, 243, 258, 259, 271, 272, 273, 286; capital for, 17, 18-21, 247; capital/labor ratio in, 19-20; compared to conventional firms, 28-21, 26-27; employment in, 28, 20; income in, 18; job security in, 22; productivity in, 16, 18, 20-21; support systems for, 17, 19, 259, 286; surplus distribution in, 18; training in, 17- Workplace democracy : a guide to workplace ownership, participation & self-management experiments in the United States & Europe by Call Number: HD3134 .Z9ISBN: 0060907339Publication Date: 1980• Corporación Mondragón – Spain, 154-158
Understanding ESOPs by Call Number: HD4928.S742 U68 2010ISBN: 9781932924473Publication Date: 2008-01-01- An Introduction to ESOPs by Call Number: HD4928.S742 U674 2010ISBN: 9781932924718Publication Date: 2010-11-01
Ownership Thinking: how to end entitlement and create a culture of accountability, purpose, and profit by Call Number: HD5650 .H24 2012ISBN: 9780071772457Publication Date: 2011-08-17- An Ownership Tale: moving from a company of employees to a company of owners by Call Number: HD5650 .R735 2008ISBN: 9781932924527Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Equity: why employee ownership is good for business by Call Number: HD5650 .R7345 2005ISBN: 1591393310Publication Date: 2005-05-01• Atlas Container Corporation, 36, 134
• CH2M Hill, 7, 104
• Herman Miller, Inc., 114, 134
• King Arthur Flour, 7, 27-28, 129-130, 135, 142
• Mondragon Cooperative Corporation, 9-10, 51
• 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
• Southwest Airlines, 8, 169
• SRC Holdings Corporation (SRC), 89-91, 146, 158, 159
• TEOCO (The Employee Owned Company), 171
• W.L. Gore & Associates, 7, 27, 108, 143, 170
Shared Capitalism at Work: employee ownership, profit and gain sharing, and broad-based stock options by Call Number: HD5650 .S468 2010ISBN: 9780226056951Publication Date: 2010-05-15
Shared Entrepreneurship: A path to engaged employee ownership by Call Number: HD5650 .S484 2014ISBN: 9781137332219Publication Date: 2014-08-13"Presents text and cases of employee ownership in privately, closely and publicly held companies and examines modern management concepts." One copy is available for check out and one copy is part of the Salisbury University Faculty Authors Collection (BL 131).- The Participatory Economy; an evolutionary hypothesis and a strategy for development. by Call Number: HD5650 .V332ISBN: 0801406390Publication Date: 1971-07-01
Employee Ownership: the new source of competitive advantage by Call Number: HD5660.C2 B423 2002ISBN: 0471646415Publication Date: 2001-12-26- The New Owners: the mass emergence of employee ownership in public companies and what it means to American business by Call Number: HD5660.U5 B58 1991ISBN: 0887305091Publication Date: 1991-06-01• Hermann Miller, 229
- Employee Ownership: revolution or ripoff? by Call Number: HD5660.U5 B569 1988ISBN: 0887300650Publication Date: 1988-05-01• Herman Miller, Inc. 189
• Lincoln Electric, 1
• Mondragon industrial cooperatives, 196-198, 273
• W.L. Gore & Associates, 1 
Freedom, Inc by Call Number: HD5660.U5 C37 2009ISBN: 0307409384Publication Date: 2009-10-13• Gore, Bill: CEO comparison, 209, 234; desire to change how people work, 4-6, 22; dialog with his leaders, 6, 158; example of nourishing leadership, 158-63; exasperation and admiration experiences, 84; and “formula for falure,” 10-11, 65, 158-59; influence of DuPong, 3-4, 5, 81, 83, 84, 157; as liberating leader, 71, 126, 157-58, 166; and on-time delivery performance, 65, 251; and PTFE, 3-4, 154; starts W.L. Gore & Associates, 4, 14; wire-stripping example, 9-11, 22; See also W.L. Gore & Associates
• Gore, Bob, 7, 14, 253
• Gore, Genevieve, 3, 4
• Gore-Tex, 3, 4, 14, 251
• Harley-Davidson: comparison among companies, 21,22, 166-67; cultural continuity issue, 255-56; labor relations, 88-92, 193, 200-202; as liberated company, xii, 21, 22 93-94, 119, 157; number of employees, 270; visitors to, 85-86; see also Teerlink, Rich
• Sun Hydraulics: background, 78, 80-81; as case study at Harvard Business School, xii, 86; comparisons among companies, 21, 22, 147, 22, 268; cultural continuity issues, 256-58, 259, 265; dress code issue, 248; as liberated company, xii, 21, 22, 81-83, 86, 120, 121, 198; as start-up, 80-81, 268; See also Koski, Bob
• Teerlink, Rich: background, 268; CEO comparison, 209, 220; establishing joint union-management vision for Harley-Davidson, 193; Harley-Davidson after, 255-56; and labor relations at Harley-Davidson, 88-92, 193; as liberating leader, 84, 93-94, 95-101, 126, 156, 166-67, 188; See also Harley-Davidson
• W.L Gore & Associate: accidental discovery of Gore-Tex, 14; background, 4-14; comparison among companies, 22, 268; cultural continuity issue, 252-53; four principles, 9; as liberated company, 37, 52-52, 262, 264; number of employees, 270; Skunk-Works-type projects, 37, 157; as start-up, 4-5, 268; statistics, 13; See also Gore, Bill
• Work rules, 90, 91-92, 201, 207
• Workplace freedom: Chardonnay barrel story, 63-64; and company’s strategic vision, 65-66; as one of four principles at W.L. Gore & Associates, 8-9; as ordered liberty, 61; as ownership of company vision, 66-71; what it means, 61; why it works, 272, 273, 274
• Workplace stress, 39-43- Employee Involvement: methods for improving performance and work attitudes by Call Number: HD5660.U5 C68 1993ISBN: 0803945329Publication Date: 1993-02-16• Mondragon, 205, 207, 221, 264, 283, 286
Employee Ownership and Shared Capitalism by Call Number: HD5660.U5 E549 2011ISBN: 9780913447031Publication Date: 2011-07-07- Ownership Management: building a culture of lasting innovation by Call Number: HD5660.U5 R673 2003ISBN: 0926902806Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Plain Talk: lessons from a business maverick by Call Number: HD9519.N83 I94 1998ISBN: 0471155144Publication Date: 1997-10-24• Nucor: corporate and statistical distinctives of, 4-6, 9; dynamic of shared purpose as characteristic of, 4; leadership maxims foundational to success at, ix, x, 6; as nonunion manufacturer, 20, 69-70; production, 9, 13, 79; revenues, 60; sales, 5, 20; success of, ix, x, 6, 76; as third-largest U.S. steel company, 4-6
• Nucor-Yamato (joint venture with Yamato Kogyou), 9, 61, 73, 79-80
Spark: how old-fashioned values drive a twenty-first century corporation : lessons from Lincoln Electric's unique guaranteed employment program by Call Number: HD9697.W434 L565 2010ISBN: 9781586487959Publication Date: 2010-02-23• Lincoln Electric Advisory Board, 18, 34-37
• Lincoln Electric as MBA case study: impact of, 165-167; student reactions to, 160-165; teachers of, skepticism about guaranteed employment among, 156-160; teaching of, 155-156; writing of, 151-154
• Lincoln Electric Canada, 83-86, 88
• Lincoln Electric Company: business successes of, 23; employee turnover rate at, 76; example of, lessons to draw from, 208-213; executive compensation at, 173-174; exterior and interior of the Cleveland factory, 57-58; family connections within the workforce at, 134-137; financial track record of, 199; financially cautious management style at, 183-184; flexibility as a corporate value at, 100, 116; found of, 2-3; the Great Depression, response to, 23-24, 28-29; incentive management system at (see Guaranteed employment program at Lincoln Electric; Incentive management system); international operations of, 83-88; international sales, 84; the Lincolns’ partnership at the helm of, 10-11; management philosophy and policies at, 12, 20-22, 119; medical insurance of employees, policy regarding, 139-140; public ownership, move to, 170-172; single entrance to the Cleveland factory, 54; unionization efforts at, 113-116; weathering the 2008-2009 recession, 181-184; workforce longevity and recruitment at, 74-76; workforce size and underhiring at, 72-74
• Mondragon cooperative, 198
Companies We Keep by Call Number: HD9715.U54 S682 2008ISBN: 9781603580007Publication Date: 2008-11-08• Carris, Barbara, 49
• Carris, Bill, 46-60, 65
• Carris, Henry, 46
• Carris Long Term Plan (LTP), 46-48
• Carris Reels, 38, 46-50, 218, 256
• Equal Exchange coffee company, 82
• Mondragon, 33, 50-53, 59, 60, 256
• Mondragon Corporacion Cooperativa (MCC), 51
• W. L. Gore Company, 38, 105, 112
Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' crazy recipe for business and personal success by Call Number: HE9803.S68 F74 1996ISBN: 1885167180Publication Date: 1996-10-01"Describes the events and people who shaped the culture, character, and personality of Southwest Airlines, discusses the main elements of the company's success, explores the way leadership is practiced at Southwest, and looks at what may happen to the airline after the retirement of CEO Herb Kelleher."
The Southwest Airlines Way by Call Number: HE9803.S68 G58 2003ISBN: 0071396837Publication Date: 2002-12-19"The Southwest Airlines Way explores the policies, strategies, and techniques that have led to Southwest's success and explains how these proven methods can be put to work in any organization. It explains how American, Continental, United, and other airlines have tried to imitate Southwest - and why they have failed. Based on Professor Jody Hoffer Gittell's eight years of field research in the airline industry, this book unveils the secret ingredient - high performance relationships - that has enabled Southwest to sustain a steady 10 to 15 percent rate of growth throughout its 32-year history while turning a profit in every year but its first."
The Great Game of Business by Call Number: HF5386 .S77 1994ISBN: 9780385475259Publication Date: 1994-10-01"...In the early 1980s, Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation (SRC) in Springfield, Missouri, was a near bankrupt division of International Harvester. That's when a green young manager, Jack Stack, took over and turned it around..."
A Stake in the Outcome by Call Number: HF5386 .S773 2003ISBN: 0385505094Publication Date: 2003-09-16Jack Stack is the founder and CEO of SRC Holdings.
Doing Virtuous Business by Call Number: HF5387 .M334 2011ISBN: 9780849947179Publication Date: 2011-03-28
The Next Phase of Business Ethics by Call Number: HF5387 .N49 2001ISBN: 0762308095Publication Date: 2001-10-23• Carris Companies, 495-510
Zingerman's Guide to Giving Great Service by Call Number: HF5415.5 .W445 2004ISBN: 1401301436Publication Date: 2004-12-01"Do you really need another book on customer service? There are hundreds you could choose from, and you've probably read at least a dozen. Why should you take advice from a deli with a funny name in Ann Arbor, Michigan? Because the way Zingerman's teaches service is different, better, and more successful than the way others do it..."
The Wawa Way: How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience by Call Number: HF5469.55.U64 W397 2014ISBN: 9780762453061Publication Date: 2014-04-08- Incentive Compensation and Employee Ownership by Call Number: HF5549.5.I5 I53 2006ISBN: 9781932924237Publication Date: 2006-01-01• TEOCO, 215-218
Ultimate Rewards: what really motivates people to achieve by Call Number: HF5549.5.M63 U45 1997ebISBN: 0585212910Publication Date: 1997-01-01• W.L. Gore Associates, 43
Spedan's partnership : the story of John Lewis and Waitrose by ISBN: 9780955187728Publication Date: 2010Tells how a tiny Oxford Street fabrics shop grew to become the most successful employee-owned business in Britain.
Haier Purpose: The Real Story of China's First Global Super Company by Call Number: HD9736.C62 Y66 2017ISBN: 9781908984852Publication Date: 2017-05-01
The Management Shift by Call Number: HD58.8 .H59 2014ISBN: 9781137352941Publication Date: 2014-10-29• W.L. Gore Associates, 45, 60-1
• Semco, 56-7
• Google, 45, 69
