Graef Crystal Explained
Graef "Bud" S. Crystal was an expert on executive compensation, often cited as a critic of excessive packages.[1] [2] [3] He started work as an executive compensation consultant in 1959.[1] He worked for twenty years at the consulting firm Towers Perrin, and also taught at the Haas School of Business.[2] He advised on pay at Coca-Cola Company and American Express.[4] He authored books on executive compensation as both an advisor and critic. He wrote a column on Bloomberg, and subsequently published on his own website.[5]
Selected works
- Compensating U.S. Executives Abroad (1972)
- Executive Compensation: Money, Motivation, and Imagination (1978)
- Financial Motivation For Executives (1978)
- Questions and Answers on Executive Compensation: How to Get What You're Worth (1984)
- In Search of Excess: The Overcompensation of American Executives (1991)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Executive Excess . Paul . Solman . 2 December 2002 . . . 26 August 2010 . 26 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100826000407/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec02/ceo1_12-02.html . dead.
- Web site: Laughing All the Way to the Bank. Margaret. Kane. 23 April 2002. CNet News. 26 August 2010.
- Web site: At the Top, Pay and Performance Are Often Far Apart. Hubert B. Herring. 17 August 2003. New York Times. 26 August 2010.
- Web site: CBS Overpaid Moonves $28 Million, Says Study of CEO Pay. Jessica Silver-Greenberg. Alexis Leondis. 6 May 2010. Bloomberg.com. 26 August 2010.
- Web site: Graef Crystal: Bailout and executive pay limits are both bad ideas. Chris . O'Brien. 24 September 2008. SiliconBeat. San Jose Mercury News. 26 August 2010.