They usually buy other privately held companies, and then they fold them into their (employee-ownership) structure.

By joining our group of privately held companies, Georgia-Pacific will be able to maintain a long-term focus on growth and a commitment to delivering value for all of its constituents.

Companies will buy the widgets elsewhere.

That kind of high involvement management, it turns out, really drives performance and job satisfaction.

There's a lot of confusion. It's inherently tricky to figure out.

The fact that the company is privately held is a strategic advantage. We've put short-term considerations in their place, and focused instead on the long term. We're not focused on quarter to quarter.