Why everybody knows CEOs are overpaid, but nothing happens
- Written by The Conversation
CEO pay is heavily influenced by comparisons.Image sourced from Shutterstock.comThat CEOs are overpaid is something, as Leonard Cohen would say, “everybody knows”; including the directors and shareholders who ultimately decide their pay. Yet firms are unwilling to do anything about it, because to do so would damage internal relations,...
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