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Executive Compensation Is a Governance Mechanism That Seeks to Align

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Executive compensation is a governance mechanism that seeks to align the interests of managers and owners through salaries, bonuses, and long-term incentive compensation such as stock awards and options.


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Minimum Required Rate

The lowest expected rate of return on an investment that makes it acceptable to an investor, considering risk and opportunity cost.

Residual Income

A measure of a company's profitability, calculated by subtracting the cost of capital from operating profits.

Minimum Required Rate

The lowest rate of return that an investment must yield to be considered acceptable.

Residual Income

Income that continues to be generated after the initial effort has been expended, or in managerial accounting, the operating income that an investment center earns above the minimum required return on its operating assets.

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