Shared Capitalism through Employee Ownership Dissertation Award

Application for 2010 Dissertation Proposal Award now open. Click here to apply.

As part of their 2009 Dissertation Proposal Award program, the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education (Aspen CBE), in partnership with the FED and the Employee Ownership Foundation (EOF), sponsored a new award category called the Shared Capitalism through Employee Ownership Award.

The purpose of this award is to identify innovative research in business or business-related disciplines that is concerned with the impact or effectiveness of shared capitalism and/or broad-based ownership strategies in combination with participative workplace practices. The winner received recognition at an awards ceremony held in New York City on November 6, 2009, and is being introduced to professionals in his/her fields of interest. At bottom of left column, add: The application for the 2010 dissertation proposal will begin early next year. More to come.

The application for the dissertation proposal began in February, 2009. Six applications were received from within and outside the U.S.

The following seven-member academic/non-profit committee panel evaluated the applications:

• Joseph Blasi, Rutgers University
• Richard Freeman, Harvard University
• Takao Kato, Colgate University
• Tom Kochan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• John Logue, Kent State University
• Corey Rosen, executive director, The National Center for Employee Ownership
• Maureen Scully, University of Massachusetts, Boston