The Beyer Institute is a US-based non-profit organisation that is dedicated to furthering the use of entrepreneurial employee ownership schemes. Its website offers a wealth of free information about the latest and greatest in the employee ownership realm.
While there are dozens of sections to choose from, the most useful content resides in the resource library and online magazine. The resource library is searchable via keyword or subjects such as ownership, culture and performance, communications, international developments and case studies.
The online magazine details best employee ownership practice by examining trends, tips, profiles, international developments and entrepreneurial developments, to name just a few.
While most of the content is US-centric, one of the more interesting e-zine pieces is an insightful analysis of stock option schemes following the fallout from big corporate collapses such as Enron and Worldcom.
With an often confusing array of options available to the browser, navigation could be simpler, but the clean and simple layout makes design easy on the eye.
Given the Federal Government’s recent goading of companies to take up employee share ownership schemes, the website provides some useful pointers from overseas.
