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Lifelong Learning Faculty Seminars: Additional Reading

 

This is the second of two multidisciplinary seminars on corporate governance offered by Stanford Business School and Law School faculty. Few contemporary business topics are more controversial than executive compensation. Many pundits, legal scholars, regulators, activist investors, and researchers have very strong opinions that there is something wrong with the way the U.S. executives are paid. This is an important and politically charged debate and the outcomes will almost certainly have a substantial impact on national productivity, innovation, and value creation. The seminar will review why compensation arrangements exist, how typical contracts are structured, and what we know from the extensive research on executive compensation.

Selected Articles

Additional reading material has been selected by Jackson Library Staff. Due to contractual arrangements, remote access is only available to the current Stanford community and the subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Other access is limited to onsite at Jackson Library. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of ideas expressed.

Google CEO, co-founders offset $1 salary with stock windfalls. San Francisco Chronicle, 4/4/07
The trio of billionaires who run Google Inc. collected less than $600,000 in combined compensation last year while they raked in big jackpots by selling some of their holdings in the online search leader.
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More companies eliminate executive perks. BusinessWeek Online, 3/30/07
With the arrival of new federal rules requiring greater pay disclosure, more companies are eliminating executive perquisites, from country club fees to Book of the Month Club memberships.
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A necessary 'say on pay'. Pensions & Investments, 3/19/07
The article reflects on the say-on-pay legislation related to corporate governance in the U.S. According to the legislation, companies are required to have an annual, non-binding vote on executive compensation.
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Berkshire's executive pay remains modest. Associated Press, 3/14/07
Buffett's salary remained at $100,000 last year, as it has been every year since 1980. Most of the rest of his compensation came from fees he collected for serving on other companies' boards.
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Executive Compensation: Two Sides of a Contentious Coin. Financial Executive, March 2007
The article discusses the debate of executive salaries. Many people feel that executives that make significantly more than the rest of society should have their salaries capped, while others feel that in a free market, those that succeed should be rewarded.
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Selected Books

	Executive Compensation Report: Comprehensive Industry Sector Analysis by Aon Consulting's eComp Data Service. Library Has 2006- HD4965.5.U6 E8965
	The Ethics of Executive Compensation edited by Robert W. Kolb. Blackwell Pub., 2006. HD4965.2 .E84 2006

Selected Websites

David F. Larcker

Hot Topics: Executive Compensation

Speech by SEC Chairman: Christopher Cox

 

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