Archibald Smith Has Moved from an Upper-Middle Management Job at Chromatic

question 52

Multiple Choice

Archibald Smith has moved from an upper-middle management job at Chromatic Array, Inc., to a similar position with Pixilair Corporation. The gap between CEO pay and the pay of other top executives at Chromatic was significantly larger than at Pixilair. What difference can Archibald expect?

• A) The working relationships among the top management team will be more collaborative at Pixilair than at Chromatic.
• B) The focus of Chromatic's board of directors will have been more on the creation of shareholder wealth than Pixilair's focus.
• C) The rating of Pixilair by Institutional Shareholders Services will be less favorable than Chromatic's rating.
• D) Pixilair will be more vulnerable to hostile takeover than Chromatic.

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