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Re:Introducing Progressive Equity – Increase employee owners... by ryandrake on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @05:53PM (#9337428)
Where is it written that returns should necessarily so heavily be tied to risk? Many enterprises are structured this way, but there's no law that says it must be so.
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Re:Introducing Progressive Equity – Increase employee owners... by harryh on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:07PM (#9337766)
Because people won't generally buy high risk low return investments.
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Re:Introducing Progressive Equity – Increase employee owners... by venomsnake on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @01:47AM (#9338974)
Zynga?
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Re:Introducing Progressive Equity – Increase employee owners... by ucaetano on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:28PM (#9337857)
Because if they are not tied to risk, they will be flooded by candidates, who will drive returns down to the same risk-adjusted levels again.
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Re:Introducing Progressive Equity – Increase employee owners... by cauterized on Tuesday April 07, 2015 @07:10PM (#9337775)
Because it's the only way to incentivize people to take that risk?
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