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An introduction to executive compensation /

General readers have no idea why people should care about what executives are paid and why they are paid the way they are. That's the reason that The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and other popular and practitioner publications have regular coverage on them. This book not only proposes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Balsam, Steven
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, ©2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:General readers have no idea why people should care about what executives are paid and why they are paid the way they are. That's the reason that The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and other popular and practitioner publications have regular coverage on them. This book not only proposes a reason--executives need incentives in order to maximize firm value (economists call this "agency theory")--it also describes the nature and design of executive compensation practices. Those incentives can take the form of benefits (salary, stock options), perquisites (reflecting the status of the execu
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvii, 387 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-373) and index.
ISBN:9780080490427
0080490425
9786611004927
6611004920