• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.61-92
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• 2003

As an extension of previous researches with the conclusion that the announcement of adopting stock options generates positive abnormal returns, this paper examined whether the abnormal return changes over time or varies depending on the number of stock options granted. Empirical analysis was made to find whether the announcement of stock option awards has the same response in the stock market from the early days when stock option plans had been introduced in the Korean stock market till today when it was widespread. Results indicate that the announcement effect had been on a gradual decline since 2000. In addition, it is found that if a company announces stock option awards several times, the abnormal return gradually declines in proportion of the number of stock options granted. This implies that as the stock option awards become widespread, the positive effect that the announcement of adopting stock options generates as news has been on a relatively steady decrease. In short, it leads to a conclusion that the more companies grant stock options, and the more stock options a company announces, the less impact it has on the increase in the firm's value.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.85-114
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• 2010

Using the financial institutions that have adopted performance-based stock option plan, this paper examines whether performance-based executive stock options improves effectively firm value. Over the period 2002~2005, we investigate short-term and long-term effects of the performance-based stock options on stock price. The empirical results are summarized as follows. First, the announcement of plain vanilla stock options generates no significant effects on firm value. Meanwhile, the announcement of performance-based stock options results in negative and significant abnormal returns, which is contrary to the expectation. In addition, we find that there are strong, significant and negative announcement effects when banks grant performance-based stock options. Secondly, there is no significant difference between the long-term performance of the sample granting stock options and that of the benchmarks, which is similar to the findings of the previous research. Also, we fail to get any evidence that performance-based stock option awards have improved the long-term firm value.

• Venture DIGEST
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• s.102
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• pp.30-31
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• 2007

최근 미국법정에서는 제프리 스킬링 전 에론 CEO에게 징역 24년 3월이라는 중형이 선고되었다. 그 죄목은 회계부정이었는데 그 논란의 중심엔 스톡옵션이 있었다. 스톡옵션 스캔들은 머큐리 등 미국 굴지의 기업체로까지 번져 나갔고 급기야 미 증권거래위원회(SEC)는 감사에 착수하였다. 경영진은 이른바 "백데이팅(Back dating) 수법을 통하여 스톡옵션 부여시점을 소급함으로써 스톡옵션 차익을 극대화했고 이는 회계부정으로 이어졌던 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.1-32
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• 2009

This paper is the data analysis of exercise patterns of ESOs and primary factors that influence on their early exercise. ESOs are prematurely exercised soon after the vesting period is over and it is argued that risk aversion, profitability through exercise, firm characteristics and behavioral factors influence on such early exercise patterns. This paper examined 111 previously-exercised stock options that had been granted to 3,267 employees from year 2000 to year 2006, and analyzed the early exercise patterns and their primary factors. The result shows that stock options were exercised approximately 3.15 years after being granted, and 0.37 year after the vesting period was over. Such an early exercise pattern was found to be influenced by risk aversion, profitability and firm characteristics.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.217-239
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• 2011

The paper explores how corporate payout polish depends on managers' stock-option value. Specifically, this paper examine the relationship between managers' stock-option value and the ratio of stock repurchase, and analyze the relationship between price-incentive intensity of managers' stock-option and the ratio of stock repurchase. The hypotheses mentioned above are empirically tested using 137 firms listed on the Korean Exchange(KRX). OLS and Tobit regression method are used to above hypotheses. The results of this paper are as follows: First, as managers' stock option value increases, future the ratio of stock repurchase increase. Second, as the price-incentives intensity of managers' stock option increases, the patio of stock repurchase also increase. Overall, The above results imply that managers with stock option prefer stock repurchase over cash dividends to increase private benefits.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.53-70
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• 1999

본 논문은 기업의 자본구조가 결정되어 있고 경영자에게 특정한 형태의 보상이 주어진 상태에서 경영자의 생산량 결정에 대하여 분석하였다. 생산물 시장이 쿠르노 경쟁상태에 있음을 가정할 때 스톡옵션과 상여금을 경영자 보상으로 갖는 경우 주식 가치 극대화를 위한 생산량과 다른 생산량을 선택하게 됨을 보여 주고 있다. 스톡옵션의 경우에는 옵션행사의 한계 경제상태와 기업 부실화의 한계 경제상태가 일치하지 않기 때문에 경영자는 주식 가치 극대화를 위한 생산량과는 다른 선택을 하게 되며 상여금의 경우에도 상여금 지급의 한계 경제상태에 따라서 주식 가치 극대화를 위한 생산량과는 다른 선택을 하게 된다. 또한 스톡옵션 행사가격과 상여금 지급의 목표이익이 증가하면 경영자의 최적 생산량은 증가한다. 반면에 스톡옵션 행사가격과 상여금 지급의 목표이익이 증가하면 경쟁기업 경영자의 최적 생산량은 감소한다. 그러나 상여금의 경우에는 경영자가 주주의 이해와 일치하는 의사결정을 내리도록 하여 주는 목표이익이 존재하지만 스톡옵션의 경우에는 이와 같은 보상체계가 존재하지 않는다.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.149-182
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• 2007

This study examines the determinants of the long-run stock price performance of the firms that granted stock options between 1997 and 2002. We divide the sample into the firms run by the owner and those run by the professional manager. If the primary reason for granting stock options is reduction of the agency costs between the manager and shareholders, the effect of stock options is likely to be more pronounced in the firms run by the professional manager. We find that the long-run abnormal returns of the firms run by the professional manager are negatively associated with the shareholdings by the manager and the book-to-market value and are positively associated with the earnings growth and the size of the outstanding stock options. In contrast, the long-run abnormal returns of the firms run by the owner are negatively associated with the cash flows rate and the sales growth rate and are positively associated with the firm size. This is consistent with the argument that the agency costs arising from the conflicts between the manager and shareholders are an important determinant of the post-stock option granting long-run stock price performance only in the firms run by the professional manager. The results also suggest that stock options in the firms run by the owner are likely to be used for the purposes such as additional compensation, a signaling device, a means that reduce the agency costs within firms.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.267-278
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• 2011

This study examines the relationship among stock options, pay equity, organizational commitment. Employees who received stock options tend to perceive their pay more equitable and the tendency shows a positive relationship among the amount of stock options and the equity perception. Also employees who received stock options perceive greater procedural equity, as they recognize stock options are awarded to many employees. However, the perception of stock options was not significantly associated with organizational commitment, turnover intention, and pay satisfaction. In 2003, the study surveyed 115 employees who received stock options in 10 publicly owned Korean firms that introduced stock option plans. The statistical analysis leads to the conclusions as follows. First, as the number of stock options increases, the receiver tends to perceive that pay system is more distributively equitable. Second, as the number of stock option receivers increases, the employees perceive the pay system more procedurally equitable. Third, stock option payments don't ensure that it improves pay satisfaction, turnover intention, and organizational commitment. This study shows a positive relationship that stock options work favorably in terms of pay equity, but the effect doesn't seem to be widely positive. The reason is that the introduction of stock options in domestic firms has been made only recently after the foreign exchange crisis in the late 1990s. More experiments and design issues should be discussed for the future.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2023.04a
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• pp.45-50
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• 2023

본 논문은 스타트업과 벤처기업의 임직원이 상장후 적법한 절차에 따라 스톡옵션 행사를 하였지만, 주식시장의 주가에 악영향을 미치며 일반투자자 피해가 발생하여 도덕적 해이 논란이 촉발되었고 이 문제에 대해 정부 규제당국이 직접적인 추가규제를 예정하고 있는 상황에서 주식매수선택권제도(Stock Option, 이하 스톡옵션)의 보완 수단인 양도제한조건부주식(Restricted Stock Unit, 이하 RSU)제도를 도입함으로써 시장중심적으로 이 문제를 풀어내는 선진 스타트업 벤처금융 방안을 제시하는 것이 목적이다. 이를 위해, 본 논문은 첫째, RSU의 개념에 대해 제한조건부주식(Restricted Stock, 이하 RS)와 비교논의를 통해 제시하며. RSU의 스톡옵션에 대한 보완적 특징 설명에서는 기존 스톡옵션제도와 RSU를 비교 설명하였다. 둘째, RSU의 단점과 한계점을 설명하고 그 한계점을 극복하며 국내 스타트업과 벤처기업들이 이를 효과적으로 도입 할 수 있는 방안을 제시하였다. 셋째, RSU의 도입 현황을 제시하며 향후 RSU 도입 위한 정책방안들을 제안하였다. 본 논문은 이를 통해 RSU가 기본 스톡옵션제도의 규제강화를 통한 시장 위축적인 해결보다는, 새로운 대안을 주식연계형 보상방안 대안을 제시함으로써 보다 시장친화적인 제도를 마련함으로써 국내 스타트업과 벤처기업의 인력수급 해소와 사업활성화에 큰 의미를 벤처생태계 스스로가 풀어내는데에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.1-10
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• 2023

Strong Critics of' Moral Hazard, due to plummeting severely their stock price down and damage falling on plain investor, has been skyrocketed against massively and simultaneously exercising stock option right of C-Level members in Stock market listed startups right after IPO regardless of proper and legal process followed. Korean Financial Supervisory Board initiate new act of extending to apply'Lock-up Rule'even to stock option of core interest group after IPO. However, it will cause startups and venture more difficulties to recruit top level of talented staffs. This paper aims to propose RSU(Restricted Stock Unit) as alternative to breakthrough the current deadlock issue with respect to stock option controversy many startups facing. This paper to meet goal, first, including Korean introducing status of RSU, it clarify the concept of RSU by comparing exploration with Restricted Stock and define characteristic of RSU by comparing Stock Option. Second, it bring more effective ways of startups introducing RSU in Korea overcoming its limitations and challenges. Third, it carry out FGI to legal expert deeply involved of introducing RSU in Korea at policy domain. FGI focus on defining core challenging factors and their level of huddles of introducing RSU in Korea with proposing breakthrough policies to landing RSU softly in Korea. Fourth, it suggest valid policies of introducing and stabilizing RSU in Korea completely. This paper expect some contributions Korean startups and venture on finding market friendly right breakthrough out of stock option dilemma currently in.