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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820935203321

Autore

Ericson Richard N

Titolo

The new standards [[electronic resource] ] : methods for linking business performance and executive incentive pay / / Richard N. Ericson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2010

ISBN

0-470-61612-1

1-119-20410-0

1-282-68827-8

9786612688270

0-470-61610-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EricsonRichard N

Disciplina

658.4/07225

Soggetti

Incentives in industry

Executives - Salaries, etc

Chief executive officers - Salaries, etc

Stock options

Employee motivation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Pay to prosper. c2004.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The New Standards: Methods for Linking Business Performance and Executive Incentive Pay; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: To the CEO; Chapter 2: Business Valuation and Incentive Policy; Chapter 3: Market Practices in Incentive Pay; Chapter 4: The New Standards; Chapter 5: Risk and Executive Incentive Pay; Chapter 6: Motive, Means, and Method: Evaluating Incentive Performance Metrics; Chapter 7: Value-Based Performance Measures; Chapter 8: Ownership, Not Gamesmanship: Setting Targets and Ranges for Performance-Based Plans

Chapter 9: Business Units and Private Companies, Phantom Stock and Performance PlansChapter 10: Using Stock to Create Effective Incentives; Chapter 11: The Medium Is the Message; Glossary; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Make the most of the new standards Every year companies spend millions of dollars on executive incentives. All too often, however, these programs provide a very weak link between pay and performance, with executives potentially rewarded as much for bad decisions as they are for good ones. Packed with examples, The New Standards insightfully discusses: How to link pay with business results that create long-term value Why incentive structures can discourage management from reasonable risk-taking, in some cases, and can enocourage imprudent risks in others