Public company compensation levels and programs are a key factor in determining compensation levels in private companies. It is important that companies devise and follow a compensation philosophy as part of their compensation program, which includes public company benchmarks. Does this...

Privately-held companies (“Private Companies,” which include family owned and in some part not for profit) sometimes approach compensation very differently from publicly traded companies (“Public Companies”). While the compensation philosophies may be different, the total compensation...

This article compares and contrasts the differences in director compensation programs among various types of companies (including publicly traded companies, privately held companies, and non-profit organizations)