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            Money purchase plans, 328               Nonlinear regression, 72
            Motivating executives, 531–32           Nonrecourse loans, 248
            Moving expenses, 242–44                 NOPAT. See Net operating profit after
            Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments      taxes
              Act of 1980, 236                      NYSE. See New York Stock Exchange
            Multiple regression analysis
              and salary surveys, 182–83            O
            Mutual funds, 251
                                                    Objectives and goals, and strategic
            Mutuals, 12
                                                       thinking, 31
                                                    Office, as a company perquisite, 265–66
            N                                       Offset integration method, and defined-
                                                       benefit retirement plans, 316
            Naked option, 126
                                                    Old age, survivor, and disability insurance,
            NASDAQ, 130–32
                                                       314
              milestones of, 132
                                                    Older Workers’ Protection Act of 1990,
            National Association of Corporate
                                                       236, 321
              Directors, 577
                                                    Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
            Nature, and threats and opportunities, 32
                                                       1993, 223, 449
            Negative discretion, and reduced payouts,
                                                    Omnibus plans, 133, 402, 498
              363, 560
                                                    Operating expenses, 44
            Net assets, 57
                                                    Operating profit, 58
            Net cash provided by operating activities,
                                                    Operational optimization, 35
              45
                                                    Organic growth, and initial public offering,
            Net cash used in financing activities, 45
                                                       24
            Net cash used in investment activities, 45
                                                    Organizational objectives
            Net current assets, 57
                                                       and financial measurements, 65
            Net earnings, 44, 57
                                                    Organizational performance, and short-
            Net earnings growth, 57
                                                       term incentives, 354–55
            Net earnings to sales ratio, 57
                                                    Organizational structure change, 22–27
            Net income, 44
                                                    Outplacement assistance, 242
              and life insurance, 289–90
                                                    Over-the-counter stock, 130
            Net income to shareholder equity ratio, 57
                                                    Overhang, 50, 58, 123, 495
            Net operating profit after taxes, 54, 58
            Net profit, 44
                                                    P
            Net profit on sales, 57
            Net sales, 43, 57                       P/E. See Price to earnings ratio
            Net worth growth, 58                    Paid-in capital, 58
            New vs. old economy companies, 20–21    Paid time off bank, 231–32
            New York Stock Exchange, 130            Par value, 58
            No-load funds, 251                      Parallel grants, and stock appreciation
            Noncompete clause, and employment          rights, 459
              contracts, 234                        Parental leave, 233
            Noncurrent assets, 49, 58               Pareto’s law, 105–6
            Noncurrent liabilities, 49, 58          Pay compression, 120–21
            Nonduplication rule, 86                 Pay gap, 119–20
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