The application period for the 2010 Shared Capitalism through Employee Ownership Award is now open. For more information about the award and the application process, please click here. The application deadline is Friday, April 16th.

 

The Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute (Aspen CBE), in partnership with the Foundation for Enterprise Development and the Employee Ownership Foundation, is pleased to announce the second annual award for promising dissertation research at this pivotal point in history when the corporation is being redefined: 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 and empowering workplace practices. Most importantly, this research should have the potential to significantly advance understanding on what employee ownership means for employees, firms, management-labor relations, unions, shareholders, productivity, entrepreneurship and innovation, economic development, and/or the health of communities  The recipient(s) will receive recognition at an awards ceremony hosted by the Aspen Institute to be held in New York City in the fall of 2010, introductions to professionals and/or professors in the winning students’ fields of interest, and a stipend in the amount of $1500.  No budgetary restrictions will be placed on the use of these funds. Awardees are asked to provide a one paragraph update on their dissertation research to the sponsoring organizations at the mid-year and one year point following receipt of the Award. The sponsoring organizations will, at the discretion of the Awardees, arrange mentorship opportunities with scholars working in a similar field of research.

 

The application form and eligibility requirements can be found on the Aspen CBE website. All questions should be directed, via email, to Justin Goldbach at justin.goldbach@aspeninst.org.  Please refer to the “Shared Capitalism Award” in the subject line of your email.