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Contract Negotiation: Selecting the right IT system is only the first step in a successful implementation. It is equally important that one come to a suitable contractual arrangement with the supplier. One needs to think about this at an early stage in the selection project. It is tempting to leave contractual matters...; Tags: Channel management, supplier, information technology; White papers
How to Take Parental Leave: Taking time off from work to care for a new child may be a federal right for many American workers, but doing it without mapping out a sound strategy can derail your career. Know Your Rights Goal: Determine exactly how...; Tags: Financial accounting, C.C. Holland, leave, financial planning, Human Resources, U.S., bond, job, health care, career, financial, strategy, tool; Articles 2007-05-29
How to Manage Your Boss: It's nice to imagine that the success of your career rests upon your basic competence at doing your job, but that's only half the picture. Make "Keeping the Boss in the Loop" a Regular Activity Goal: Reassure your boss that you know...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Geoffrey James, job, recruiting, knowledge, positioning, R&D, career, team, marketing; Articles 2007-03-07
The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask: Forget 'What are your strengths and weaknesses?' If you want to get the real dope on prospective employees, ask job candidates these seven questions. Question #1: "How about those Yankees?" Purpose: Develop the rapport needed to get the interview off the ground. Every...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Brian Libby, job, motivation, career, brand, industry, phone, performance; Articles 2007-02-27
Productivity And Firm Selection: Intra-National Vs Inter-National Trade: With heterogenous firms, inter-national trade is predicted to increase aggregate productivity through a selection effect. The same theoretical insight applies to intra-national trade between sub-national economies. In this paper, we attempt at quantifying the impact of firm selection attributable to both international and intra-national trade. To do so, we structurally...; Tags: Selection, Insight; White papers 2007-01-30

Bosses: A Field Guide: The workplace is a jungle. Intrepid employees need a field guide to help them identify this habitat's most strange and dangerous creature — the boss. by Geoffrey James; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Geoffrey James, workplace; Articles 2007-03-07
How to Conduct a Job Interview: Got a key position to fill? Hiring good employees is the foundation of any successful business. Do Your Homework Beforehand Goal: Minimize the back-story and maximize the time you spend with the candidate. Going into an interview, each interviewer should...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Brian Libby, hiring, job, Google Inc., privacy, staffing, talent, open-source software, Web site, blog, software; Articles 2007-03-13
Selection Processes: Firms Versus Capabilities: Evolutionary theory studies selection processes by which organizational entities exit environments that they do not fit, but most work has underemphasized the distinction between selection of firms and selection of their underlying capabilities. This paper argues that the extent of organizational capabilities that struggling firms possess affects the type of...; Tags: Drexel University, theory, incentive, acquisition, environment, industry; White papers 2006-07-31
Employment Protection, Firm Selection, And Growth: This paper analyzes the effect of firing costs on aggregate productivity growth in a model of growth through selection and imitation. The model is consistent with evidence on job turnover, firm heterogeneity, and the contribution of firm entry and exit to aggregate productivity growth. Growth arises endogenously via selection among...; Tags: firing, job; White papers 2006-08-01
Recruit Like the Pros: At companies like Google, Starbucks, and FedEx, talent scouts have unique ways to identify the very best hires Google: The Talent Show At its offices all over the world, Google holds events designed to help the company connect with local talent. One, targeted at...; Tags: Workforce management, Recruitment & Selection, Brian Libby, Southwest Airlines Co., Starbucks Corp., Federal Express, talent, hire, Google Inc., job, corporate culture, staffing, director, sourcing, hiring, career, worker, brand, environment, Web site, computer, software; Articles 2007-02-27
Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence From the Medigap Insurance Market: This paper provides strong evidence of advantageous selection in the Medigap insurance market, and analyze its sources. Using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey MCBS data, the authors find that, conditional on controls for the price of Medigap, medical expenditures for senior citizens with Medigap coverage are, on average, about $4,000 less...; Tags: Vertical industries, Yale University, health care; White papers 2006-06-01
Cycles In The IPO Market: This paper develops a model in which time-varying real investment opportunities lead to time-varying adverse selection in the market for initial public offerings. The model is consistent with several stylized facts known about the IPO Initial Public Offering market: economic expansions are associated with a dramatic increase in the number...; Tags: Financial Planning, Investment, University of Colorado, dispersion, IPO; White papers 2006-02-01
Trade Integration, Firm Selection And The Costs Of Non-Europe: In models with heterogeneous firms trade integration has a positive impact on aggregate productivity through the selection of the best firms as import competition drives the least productive ones out of the market. To quantify the impact of firm selection a multi-country multi-sector model with monopolistic competition and variable markups...; Tags: Selection, Impact, European Union, Integration; White papers 2006-01-15
How Do Early Stage High Technology Investors Select Their Investments?: This paper examines the selection behaviour of 68 European early stage high tech VCsventure capital. In particular, one examine whether or not these VCs exhibit heterogeneity in their selection behaviour. To examine these issues one employs a conjoint analysis methodology. The results indicate that VCs exhibit substantial heterogeneity in investment...; Tags: Heterogeneity, Selection, Investment, Investor, Analysis, Financial Accounting, Finance; White papers 2005-03-01
Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Selection of Antiretroviral Medications Provided Under U.S. Emergency Plan Is Limited: In developing countries, only about 7 percent of people with HIV/AIDS receive treatment. In 2003, the Congress authorized the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a 5-year, $15 billion initiative under the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. The paper compares the selection of ARVs provided under the plan...; Tags: Government Accountability Office, developing country, Microsoft Office; White papers 2005-01-01
Successful Outsourcing Relationships Don't Just Happen: Mastering the Provider Selection Process: The issues that need to be taken into account during the selection process of a cash management solution provider are diverse. Technology, geography, scope of services, quality, client support, and the degree of marketplace transparency are just some of the factors that are needed to be considered. While there is...; Tags: Mellon Financial Corp., outsourcing, bank; White papers 2004-12-01
Transforming Underwriting: From Risk Selection to Portfolio Management: Nothing in insurance is more important than risk selection and risk pricing. The convergence of four technologies-business rules engines, predictive scores/analytics, data management, and optimization-now provides insurers with a significant opportunity to improve how they do underwriting. These technologies create a superior way to evaluate risks and to determine a...; Tags: data management, insurance, pricing strategy, financial; White papers 2004-03-01
Testing for Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Consumer Loan Markets: This paper explores the significance of unobservable default risk in mortgage and automobile loan markets. It develops and estimates a two-period model that allows for heterogeneous forms of simultaneous adverse selection and moral hazard. Controlling for income levels, loan size and risk aversion, It finds robust evidence of adverse selection,...; Tags: Financial Planning, Federal Reserve Board, hazard, borrower, interest rate, consumer loan, income; White papers 2004-02-10
VAV Box Reheat Selection: VAV terminals provide a measured quantity of conditioned air to a space, in response to a control signal from a thermostat or room sensor. This air may be tempered with a reheat coil, plenum air, or both. The means and selection of parameters for this reheat leads to much of...; Tags: Selection; White papers 2003-11-18
Selection and Incentive Effects in Health Insurance: This paper presents empirical results on moral hazard and adverse selection in the demand for medical care. Two characteristics of the system are interesting: individual choice creates room for self selection, and variability in deductible levels implying different marginal prices of care may be used to estimate the importance of...; Tags: Sales force management, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, hazard, incentive, health insurance, insurance, health care; White papers 2003-04-01