Employees owning 3–20% of a public company isn’t a feel‑good fringe idea—it’s one of the most underused tools we have to boost performance and democratize capitalism. Across the best empirical studies of U.S. public firms, small but meaningful employee ownership stakes and broad‑based stock options are associated with higher valuations and, in many cases, better […]
CorpGov.net 2025 Proxy Season Results exceeded our historical average, likely because we filed only 20 proposals directly. As you can see, we failed at five companies but won at fifteen, mostly by reaching agreements. “Winning” by agreement required more careful deliberation and cooperation than winning by vote. Disproportionately, those won by vote may never be […]
Severyn Bruyn: Obituary Severyn Bruyn – On May 26, 2019, retired professor of Sociology at Boston College, Severyn Bruyn, passed away peacefully at age 91 with family at home in Newton. He leaves his beloved wife Louise Bruyn, son George Bruyn and his wife June Epperson, daughter Rebecca Bruyn and her wife Cindy Rosenbaum, daughter […]