Heskett Column Dec 02 - How Will We Respond to the "Moment of Truth" in Option Plans? 1

Articles

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"Options: Middle Managers Will Take The Hit"
Aaron Bernstein
BusinessWeek, December 9, 2002.

"An Option That Does Nothing"
Elizabeth MacDonald, Forbes, November 12, 2002.

"When Options Rise to Top, Guess Who Pays?"
Gretchen Morgenson
New York Times, November 10, 2002.

"What's Wrong?--Buried Treasure: Well-Hidden Perk Means Big Money For Top Executives"
Ellen E. Schultz and Theo Francis
The Wall Street Journal, October 11, 2002.

"Mastering Management—The keys to the Vault"
Catherine Daily and Dan Dalton
Financial Times, November 15, 2002.

"Research Evidence on Prevalence and Effects of Employee Ownership"
Compiled by Prof. Douglas Kruse, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, February 13, 2002.

Books and Online Resources

In The Company Of Owners: The Truth About Stock Options (And Why Every Employee Should Have Them)
by Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse, and Aaron Bernstein, Basic Books, 2003.

Consider Your Options: Get the Most from You Equity Compensation (Revised and Expanded)
by Kaye A. Thomas, Fairmark Press, April 2002.

Harvard Business Review on Compensation (Paperback)
HBS Press Book, Nov 5, 2001.