The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation 3/E, 3rd Edition

M&A. See Mergers and acquisitions

Magician consultants, 680

Major action, 39

Managed care, 300–301

Management cost ratio, 75

Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), 175

Management pyramid, 113

Margin

buying on, 138, 139, 278

call, 138

cover, 138, 139

gross, 46, 47, 59

Marginal tax rate, 164

Market

bear, 140

bull, 140, 146

capitalization, 60, 145, 547

change versus stock value, 24

condition, 455, 540

cycle, 39–41

data and risk-reward relationship, 392

external, 11–12

options, 140

order, 138

performance, 40

phase, 40

pricing, 201–203

secondary, 144

share, 60, 540

swings, 451–452

Market lifecycle, 13, 42

benefits and perquisites and, 252

changes in, 24

combination, 23–24

compensation elements and, 25–27, 583

design considerations, 582–583

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