Navigating Shareholder Influence: Compensation Plans and the Shareholder Approval Process
研究公司如何争取股东批准管理层提出的薪酬计划，回顾机构投资者与薪酬实践的相关文献，并通过两家财富300强公司的案例提出管理建议。
Executive Overview Corporate governance research emphasizes the influence of institutional owners on company outcomes such as strategic decisions, organizational structures, and executive compensation. However, little is known about the process companies use to gain support for management-sponsored compensation plan resolutions. This article reviews prior literature linking institutional ownership and compensation practices and investigates the little-studied process of how management tries to work with owners to secure shareholder approval of compensation plans. In addition, it provides brief cases of two Fortune 300 companies (General Mills and PepsiCo) that received positive votes on their compensation plans. The article ends with several recommendations for managers trying to gain institutional owners' approval of future compensation plans.