Arbeitspapier

On the Use of Nonfinancial Performance Measures in Management Compensation

It is often claimed that (i) managers work too hard on operational issues and do not spend enough effort on strategic activities and (ii) something can be done about this by introducing nonfinancial performance measures as for instance with a balanced scorecard. We give an explanation for both claims in a formal model. The distortion towards operational effort arises, because with financial performance measures strategic effort can only be rewarded in the future. But renegotiation-proof long term compensation plans entail too weak variable components in the future. This problem can be reduced by introducing performance measures that help to disentangle strategic and operational effects.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; No. 29/2001

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
Accounting
Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
Thema
Performance Measurement
Nonfinancial Measures
Balanced Scorecard
Incentives
Renegotiation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Sliwka, Dirk
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2001

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
20.09.2024, 08:22 MESZ

Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Sliwka, Dirk
  • University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)

Entstanden

  • 2001

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