RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Equity-Flavored Executive Compensation
JF The Journal of Private Equity
FD Institutional Investor Journals
SP 41
OP 49
DO 10.3905/jpe.2008.707201
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Joseph W. Bartlett
YR 2008
UL https://pm-research.com/content/11/3/41.abstract
AB Criticism of management compensation at U.S. public companies has become increasingly shrill, including an assault on perceived and undeserved windfalls from stock options. The article reviews the critical importance to the U.S. economy of stock flavored rewards for the benefit of key managers criticizes clumsy regulations by attention hungry politicians and suggests a program for changing the structure so as to align management and shareholder interests more precisely, without surrendering the vital benefits of the historically validated reward system.TOPICS: Private equity, options, legal/regulatory/public policy, manager selection