Books

Special Report on Pension Benefits in Switzerland

This hkp/// report is updated periodically on the basis of the annual surveys and integrates the latest changes in the legislation on pension benefits.

IMD WORLD COMPETITIVENESS YEARBOOK 2011

hkp/// has been supporting for many this publication with the various input and market figures.

International Compararaison 2011/111

hkp/// is part of the  International Comparaison 2011-2011 which highlights the attractiveness and competiveness of Geneva and Switzerland.

Variable Pay in Banks

Comprehensive Article written by Dirk Filbert and Michael H. Kramarsch as part of the „Handbook Corporate Governance in Banks“, ed. by Hopt, K. and Wohlmannstetter, G., Vahlen/C.H.Beck, June 2011
[Original German title: Erfolgsabhängige Vergütung in Banken/ Handbuch Corporate Governance in Banken ]

About Compensation Design: "Those that do have the power - practical observations"

Article/book chapter of Dr. Stephan Hostettler in "Die Unternehmung, Sonderband 1", edited by Margit Osterloh and Katja Rost, 01/2011 (German only)
  
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Manager Salaries

Value-based Compensation – Guidelines for Designing and Optimizing Value-/Values-oriented Executive Compensation

 

Dr. Stephan Hostettler, Verlag Orell Füssli, 2010

 

[Available in German. Original title: Managersaläre]

The Value Cockpit – Steps to achieving value-based leadership for decision-makers

 The authors discuss how decision-makers can ensure that their company has a long-term value orientation. The key factor is value-added profit indicators. The book shows systematically how decision-makers can use such indicators to help orient their company toward long-term value creation.

 

Stephan Hostettler, Hermann Stern, Verlag Wiley, 2nd edition, 2007 

 

[Available in German. Original title: Das Value Cockpit – Schritte zur wertorientierten Führung für Entscheidungsträger]

Performance- and Success-oriented Executive Compensation

 Based on both theoretical and empirical research, the authors explain how different variable compensation schemes work, distinguishing between performance-based, success-based, short-term and long-term systems.

 

Fred G. Becker, Michael H. Kramarsch, Verlag Hogrefe, 2006

 

[Available in German. Original title: Leistungs- und erfolgsorientierte Vergütung für Führungskräfte]

Share-based Management Compensation

The author discusses the various aspects of share-based management compensation focusing on German market practice.

 

Michael H. Kramarsch, Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, 2004

 

[Available in German. Original title: Aktienbasierte Managementvergütung]