Design

The Credit Crunch of 2007: What Went Wrong? Why? What Lessons Can Be Learned?

  • Whitepaper
  • April 1, 2010

This paper explains the events leading to the credit crisis that began in 2007 and the products that were
created from residential mortgages. It explains the multiple levels of securitization that were involved.

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Best-practice Budgeting

  • Whitepaper
  • March 31, 2010

Let’s face it—budgeting isn’t going to make the top of any manager’s “Favorite Things to Do” list. Yet each year, companies make substantial investments in developing a comprehensive annual budget, spending heavily for specialty software, staff overtime and temporary help for data entry.

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A New Approach to Meeting Design Engaging Event Participants to Generate Bottom-line Results

  • Whitepaper
  • March 24, 2010

Fearing negative publicity in the news or among shareholders, some companies have scaled back or canceled important events. These actions have weakened their ability to jump-start sales and profits.

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Human Capital Planning 2010: Resetting the Talent and Rewards Agenda

  • Whitepaper
  • March 16, 2010

Over the past year, sweeping economic changes, combined with ongoing market, social and political shifts, have reshaped the business landscape.

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Relative Total Shareholder Return Plans: The Low-Hanging Fruit of Optimal Performance-Based Equity Design

  • Whitepaper
  • March 10, 2010

The most prevalent equity incentive vehicle in use today is still the stock option, particularly in the technology and life sciences sectors.

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Optimizing I/O Virtualization: Preparing the Data center for Next -Generation Applications

  • Whitepaper
  • March 10, 2010

Rapid adoption of virtualization technology in the x 86 server markets is bringing a wider array of applications into the virtualized IT infrastructure. Driving this adoption is the need to fully utilize computers, manage those resources more efficiently, and reduce the number of server "footprints" in the datacenter.

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Process Improvement Management

  • Whitepaper
  • March 10, 2010

This is a Series of informational papers developed by Keane to share knowledge on specific outsourcing issues that should be considered in today’s business environment. This paper covers the topic of process improvement management in an offshore environment and is the third document in the series.

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Roadmap to a High-Performance Culture: Talent Development at its Finest

  • Whitepaper
  • March 10, 2010

The creation of a high-performance culture could be considered the pinnacle of any talent development initiative. In this kind of environment, you implement of set of workplace values and behaviors that drives your employees to succeed.

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Recruitment Process - Benchmark and Best Practice Study

As part of a larger review of recruitment processes used in Washington State government, the Department of Personnel conducted a study of recruitment process benchmarks and best practices.

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Rethinking the Recruitment Process: Time for Change

  • Whitepaper
  • March 8, 2010

Recruitment is a critical part of effective human resource management as it has become increasingly clear that it directly impacts the bottom line of any company.

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