Employee share ownership plans: Current practice and regulatory reform

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Publications - Research Reports

I Landau, R Mitchell, A O'Connell, I Ramsay and S Marshall, Broad-Based Employee Share Ownership in Australian Listed Companies: Survey Report (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, April 2009).

A O'Connell, 'Employee Share Ownership in Unlisted Entities: Objectives, Current Practices and Regulatory Reform' (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, December 2008).

M Brown, I Landau, R Mitchell, A O'Connell and I Ramsay, 'Why Do Employees Participate in Employee Share Plans? A Conceptual Framework' (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, February 2008).

I Landau, R Mitchell, A O'Connell and I Ramsay, 'An Overview of Existing Data on Employee Share Ownership in Australia' (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, March 2007).

I Landau, R Mitchell, A O'Connell and I Ramsay, 'Employee Share Ownership: A Review of the Literature' (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, March 2007).

I Landau and I Ramsay, 'Employee Share Ownership Plans in Australia: The Corporate Law Framework' (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, March 2007).

A O'Connell, 'Employee Share Ownership Plans in Australia: The Taxation Law Framework' (Research Report, Employee Share Ownership Project, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne, March 2007).

The following research papers on employee share ownership have been produced as a result of associated research projects at the Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne:

A Barnes, T Josev, J Lenne, S Marshall, R Mitchell, I Ramsay and C Rider, ‘ Employee Share Ownership Schemes: Two Case Studies' (Research Report, Corporate Governance and Workplace Partnerships project, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation and Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne, March 2006).

J Lenne, R Mitchell and I Ramsay, ‘Employee Share Ownership Schemes in Australia: A Survey of Key Issues and Themes’ (Research Report, Corporate Governance and Workplace Partnerships project, Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation and Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne, May 2005).

C Rider, ‘Sellers of Labour or Investors of Intellectual Capital? Conceptual Problems in the Taxation of Employee Share Ownership in IP Spin-off Companies’ (Working Paper No 19/ 05, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne, October 2005).

C Rider, L Hong, A O'Connell and M Stewart, 'Taxation Problems in the Commercialisation of Intellectual Property' (Report No 01/06, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne, 2006).

Publications - Journal Articles

M Brown, I Landau, R Mitchell, A O’Connell and I Ramsay, “Why do Employees Participate in Employee Share Plans? A Conceptual Framework” (2008) 18 Labour & Industry 45-72

I Landau, R Mitchell, A O’Connell and I Ramsay, “Employee Share Ownership in Australia: Theory, Evidence, Current Practice and Regulation” (2007) 25 UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal 25-132

A Barnes, T Josev, J Lenne, S Marshall, R Mitchell, I Ramsay and C Rider, “Employee Share Ownership Schemes: Evaluating the Role of Tax and Other Factors Using Two Case Studies” (2007) 35 Australian Business Law Review 73-92

J Lenne, R Mitchell and I Ramsay, “Employee Share Ownership Schemes in Australia: A Survey of Key Issues and Themes” (2006) 14 International Journal of Employment Studies 1-34