title: The new landscape: a fresh look at long-term incentives for corporate America.
abstract: Today's environment presents us with a torrent of issues surrounding the design and management of long-term and equity-related incentives, both for top executives and employees at large. This article reviews, at a conceptual level, the most important characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the various principal long-term incentive types as they appear from key perspectives. The authors conclude with predictions about the future of long-term and equity-related incentives.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cates
authors.forename: Ann Monte
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Costelloe
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000191:economics*; D003132:Commerce / Q000458:organization & administration; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004465:Economic Competition; D004649:Employee Incentive Plans / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration; D007449:Investments; D009042:Motivation; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States