Blasi, Joseph R.

In the company of owners : the truth about stock options (and why every employee should have them) / - New York : Basic Books, c2003. - xxii, 345 pages : Illustrations ;

Includes index.

The history of partnership capitalism -- It all began with Shockley -- The soul of a new corporation : how high-tech companies institutionalized partnership capitalism -- The soul of an old corporation : from Thales to executive stock options -- Sharing the company with employees -- How high-tech firms share the wealth -- Why companies hand out new options every year -- What shareholders gain by giving up some of their ownership -- The evidence that stockholders come out ahead -- A new corporate model -- Top-down capitalism : what would have to change in corporate America -- Partnership capitalism : how to put it all together. Conclusion.

0465007007 (alk. paper)


Employee ownership - United States.
Employee stock options - United States.
Employee motivation - United States.
Chief executive officers - salaries, etc. - United States.
Stock options - United States.
Corporations - United States.

HD 5660 / BLA