Includes index.

Table of contents:
Fundamental concepts of executive compensation --
Building a total compensation strategy --
Defining the executive job and employment terms --
Identifying and evaluating executive candidates --
Base salary --
Deferred compensation overview --
Executive employment agreements --
Non-equity-based annual incentives plans --
Non-equity-based long-term incentives plans --
Equity-based incentives plans --
Supplemental executive retirement plans --
Supplemental life and disability coverage --
Perquisities --
Special early retirement programs --
Severance plans and arrangements --
ERISA aspects of deferred compensation plans --
Small-company versus large-company practices --
Publicly-traded company issues --
Executive compensation in the not-for-profit organization --
Executive compensation in the public sector --
Executive compensation in high-technology and start-up companies --
Compensation for division executives --
Compensation for temporary executives --
U.S. executives working overseas --
Compensations for boards of directors --
Executive compensation in banks --
Executive compensation practices during a restructuring --
Administration and communications of executive compensation --
Trends in executive compensation.

Kept up to date by supplement.