... as cash bonuses intended to reward the achievement of key annual performance goals. Long-term incentives such as nonqualified stock options became very popular in the 1990's as the dot.com bubble grew. Intended to keep the executive tied to the company and focused on long-term performance, stock options have encouraged executives to make decisions based on enhancing the value ... ...

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