Executive compensation has become a focal point for growing stakeholder scrutiny, resurgent principal-agency problems, and general excess. Reviewing the complexity of the argument on both sides reveals three key challenges for compensation schemes: 1) the absolute level of remuneration, 2) its linkage to performance, and 3) governance process to set and manage compensation. Working through these challenges is often a complex issue, especially when there is validity in the challenges and arguments on both sides.
How Board Members Should Think about the Trump Administration’s Tariffs
The article discusses the implications of the Trump administration’s new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico, and China. These measures have sparked...