New Carrots, Old Yardsticks?

Topics:
Strategic Management Tools
Tags:
Benefits,
Stock Options,
Stock Option,
Sales Force Management,
Sales,
Investment,
Incentive Based Compensation,
Incentive,
Human Resources,
Finance,
...
Source:
CFO Publishing

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Overview: From the executive summary: ‘With stock options increasingly out of favor, cash bonuses are making a comeback. The size of bonuses is increasing exponentially as stock options fall. But, if the form of incentive compensation changes, the grounds for earning such pay may not be. And that could be a problem. Many critics of executive compensation complain that even after the end of the 1990s stock-market bubble, companies still cling to incentive schemes that encourage undesirable behavior accounting trouble, earnings management, and value-destroying tactics.’ The paper throws light on this issue.

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Format: HTML | Date: Jun 2004 | Pages: 4


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