ESOP

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Esops: The Handbook of Employee Stock Ownership Plans

Published in Hardcover by Probus Professional Pub (October, 1989)

Author: Gerald I. Kalish

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Thorough & objective on a highly controversial subject.

ESOPs are a boon or a boondoggle to a company. This book is thorough in the research involved in considering, completing and sustaining an ESOP. It is must reading for the owner considering an ESOP and for ESOP employee/owners. It clearly defines the pros and cons for the pre-ESOP owners, for the post ESOP majority owners and for the post ESOP minority employee/owners. Well researched, well written book. Very dry and technical, however, that is the nature of the subject.

Transitioning Ownership in the Private Company : The ESOP Solution

Published in Paperback by Foundation for Enterprise Development (02 January, 2001)

Authors: Martin Staubus, Ron Bernstein, David Binns, Marshal Hyman, Debra Sherman, and Foundation for Enterprise Development

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For anyone involved in or considering an ESOP solution

Collaboratively written by Ron Bernstein, David Binns, Marshal Hyman, and deftly edited by Martin Staubus, Transitioning Ownership in the Private Company: The ESOP Solution examines leveraged employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) as a means of allowing employees to purchase and own a corporate divestiture or a production plant or facility chosen for closing by the parent company. Examining the tax benefits, empowerment benefits for employees, usefulness, and facilitation of ESOPs, Transitioning Ownership In The Private Company is a carefully researched, superbly presented, and thoroughly "user friendly" information guide and reference. Simply put, Transitioning Ownership In The Private Company is a "must-read" for anyone involved in or considering an ESOP solution in acquiring a private company, plant, or facility.

Board Betrayal: The Weirton Steel Story: Failed Governance and Management Hand in Hand with Arthur Andersen: An Esop Fable

Published in Paperback by Wilderness Adventure Books (01 April, 2003)

Author: Phillip Hartley Smith

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Who's to blame?

I have always been suspicious of books that seem to spring from the author's need to settle a grudge against a person or organization. This book reminds me why. Its somewhat shrill and patently one-sided arguments do not do justice to the subject at hand. While I'm sure that there are kernels of truth in this account, I believe that the topic would be best served by a more objective approach.

WOW

Wow! I was shocked. This book lays bare the terrible things that happened through greed and corruption. I guess I am just naive, but I cannot believe people have gotten away with these things. We need better checks and balances throughout businesses.

Sad and Cautionary Tale

This story broke my heart. My family has served at Weirton Steel for over three generations from the ranks of the hourly to the in-house engineering staff, to the management team. The account of Phil Smith has been known for a while, but this is the first time I have seen it in print. Hopefully, business students will take these events to heart to prevent a future tragedy such as this.