Publications
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November 2008
Innovation included: why co-owned businesses are good for public services
Written by internationally acclaimed business writer Charlie Leadbeater, Innovation Included makes the case for more public services to be provided by co-owned companies.
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May 2008
Share Value: how employee ownership is changing the face of business
This report is published by the All Party Parliamentary Group on employee ownership, which EOA sponsors, and follows their inquiry into the contribution of the co-owned business sector to the economy.
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September 2007
Caring and Sharing: The co-owned route to better care
Launched at a reception at Newcastle's Centre for Life, this EOA paper by Dave Wheatcroft is the story of award winning employee owned Sunderland Home Care Associates and how founder Margaret Elliott and co-owners have built a family of enterprises lifting care standards in the North of England
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February 2007
Coco companies: work, happiness and employee ownership
A paper about how a dynamic combination of co-ownership and co-creation [‘CoCo’] helps employee owned businesses create exceptional performance while enhancing employee wellbeing.
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July 2006
Good business: the employee ownership experience
Based on a survey of co-owned businesses, this report reveals how these businesses view the advantages and disadvantages of employee ownership
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December 2005
The tender trap: why employees’ bid to run the Dartford Crossing failed
A study of how and why the Highways Agency rejected a workforce bid for the contract to run the Thames river crossing at Dartford.
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October 2005
Shared company: how employee ownership works
Launched at a reception with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, this report summarises the case for employee ownership and explains the mechanics of forming an employee owned company and employee buy-out.
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October 2005
A stake in the post: making employees stakeholders in Royal Mail
A response to Royal Mail’s reported plans to introduce an employee share stake in Royal Mail, this paper is an expert analysis of how the company and Government could achieve a significant measure of employee ownership in the company.
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April 2005
Employee ownership as a solution to business succession
Jointly authored paper submitted to the DTI review of business transfer by the Employee Ownership Association, Co-operatives UK and the Delivering Employee Ownership network.
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January 2000
Jobs and fairness: the logic and experience of employee ownership
A major research study of employee owned companies worldwide, examining their formation, structures and performance.
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