Instead of linking pay with performance, clearer disclosure has simply raised the benchmark for all executive salaries.
In the U.S. and the U.K., individual executive salaries are public knowledge, thanks to strict disclosure laws.
The study also cites academic research that shows companies with lower executive salaries perform worse than others.
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The new law takes away big bonuses and paydays from failed CEOs, while giving shareholders a say on executive salaries.
Cut development expenses to zero, switch to dated but cheap technology, under-depreciate, change pension fund assumptions, bleed non-executive salaries and defer benefits etc.
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At once, then, it would be possible to oppose both the recent government bailouts and government regulations such as Sarkozy-style caps on executive salaries.
And the new law creates new authorities to claw back outsized compensation from failed CEOs, while finally giving shareholders a say on executive salaries.
As for delegation, Dennis today runs none of his companies, having appointed himself chairman with veto power over such decisions as board appointments, executive salaries and acquisitions.
America's high executive salaries push it into second place.
The truth is that a win for O'Bannon is more likely to result in the reapportionment of the money that's been pouring into two areas: coach and executive salaries and facilities construction.
Lawmakers in numerous states including New York, New Jersey, Florida and Massachusetts have tried to introduce legislation that would cap executive salaries at nonprofit organizations that receive public funding.
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It is the capitalism of economic stimulus: The money goes in, some money goes out, but a lot stays with the house and is chewed up in executive salaries, fees to flamboyantly untalented interior designers, and debt payments to foreign financiers.
With all the writers going into season two with the top credit of executive producer, their salaries represent a big drain on the show's budget, the studio president says, joking, "there's a reason we make the show in North Carolina" instead of Washington, where it's set.
Banks are responding to new executive-bonus limits by increasing salaries.
They help enhance profits because paying for stadium improvements means the corporate owners have to borrow less, pay less interest, and thereby reinvest those savings in interest payments into player salaries or hiring and retaining top executive talent.
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This group, says Ambras, isn't of much interest to executive recruiters who make money placing workers at higher salaries.
However, Dr Donald Peters, chief executive of the WICB, is determined to bring salaries back into the first-class game.
The company also said Chief Executive Lawrence Kellner and President Jeff Smisek will not take salaries or incentive pay for the rest of the year.
"What we are looking for is not necessarily to bring down overall levels of executive pay--especially not in Europe or Asia, where salaries are not even in the same solar system as in the U.S. We're looking for a clearer explanation of how decisions are made by remuneration committees, " says Edkins.
Its annual accounts, published this week, show that its five executive directors will qualify for bonuses of up to 60% of their salaries, even if the company performs worse than its much-criticised predecessor.
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"The predicted increase to graduate salaries is significant and sizeable, " said Carl Gilleard, chief executive of the AGR.
On June 13, 1973, he signed executive order 11723 that called for a freeze on prices, while he continued to control wages, salaries and rents.
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Rivals will offer to triple the salaries of its sales staff or managers, says Gildo Zegna, the company's chief executive and grandson of its founder.
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