OWNERSHIP

INFORMATION SHEETS

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Business Succession A snapshot of the current trends in business succession and planning for succession in Australia and overseas
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Business Transition in Regional Australia An overview of the experience of ownership transition in rural and regional Australia
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Typical Buyout Solutions A look at the community and employee buyout as a method of retaining a locally owned business
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Employee Ownership Outlines the benefits to a business, the economy and the wider community of introducing employee ownership into a business
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Employee Participation in Ownership Examines how employees participate in the business through employee ownership

REFERENCE MATERIAL

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Employee Buyouts Guide Employee ownership of a business can be achieved through a process called an "employee buy-out". This guide sets out what an employee buy-out is, when a buy-out is appropriate and why a buy-out should be considered. It also deals with the forms of buy-outs and the steps in performing a buy-out.
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Business Succession and Buyout Solutions to Rejuvenate Communities Presentation to the Small Business Development Conference in October 2006 by Alan Greig, Director, Ownership Strategies of The Mercury Centre
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Co-op Comeback in the Outback Article reproduced from the April 2006 edition of Ethical Investor exploring the topic that “Rural communities are pooling funds to plug the drain of essential services”
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Asset Based Policies: Matched Savings Accounts: Exploring Options Report to the Chifley Research Centre Prepared by The Allen Consulting Group.
Table 1.1 on page 8 provides details of empirical studies linking asset ownership to measures of well being

LINKS

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Australian Employee Ownership Association The Association was founded in 1986 to promote employee ownership (or co-ownership) of the businesses where they work.