﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>HVS Executive Search Library</title><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/</link><description>The Library items listed include articles, surveys, research and other documentation which has been recently released by HVS Executive Search and can be informative and helpful to hotel owners, developers, financiers, operators and others related to the hospitality industry worldwide.</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>(c) 2008 HVS Executive Search. All rights reserved.</copyright><ttl>30</ttl><item><title>Russia Moves Towards More Local Management in Hotels</title><description>Over the past year, the number of expatriate employees in management-level positions in Moscow and St. Petersburg has decreased significantly in 3, 4 and 5-star hotels.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3378&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Jun 28, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>How does Chain Restaurant CEO Compensation Change with size?</title><description>The correlation between the market capitalization and compensation mix for CEO’s in chain restaurants is extremely low, in contrast to the positive correlation between market cap and CEO pay.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3374&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Jun 26, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Pay to Stay</title><description>At the risk of shareholder dissatisfaction, companies are awarding one-off bonuses to executives to keep them in place during tough market conditions. Is this a fad or do retention bonuses play an effective role in talent management? </description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?f=2598.pdf&amp;c=3371&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Jun 24, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Tatiana Veller speaks on Recruitment issues at the 2nd Hotel Management Conference in Kiev</title><description>As HR issues become one of the primary concerns in the young, but rapidly maturing hotel industry in Russia and the former USSR, industry leaders start recognizing the importance of sharing experiences and facilitating knowledge transfer.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3342&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>May 29, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>I’ll have the room that matches my dress please</title><description>There is an emerging group of guests who are looking for more individualized hotels. In response, hotel operators and developers have created new brands or partnered with well established brands to differentiate themselves from the competition.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3328&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>May 20, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Filling the Gaming Industry Need for Talent</title><description>You don’t have to think outside the box, the answer may just be in a different box.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3312&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>May 8, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>The Lead Director</title><description>A few years ago there was no such thing as a lead director on a public board. But when the CEO and the Chairman were the same person conflicts were clearly visible.  This has been improving and in 2006, 25 of 41 Chairman were not the CEO.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3280&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Apr 28, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>HCE India Survey 2008</title><description>HVS Executive Search is pleased to announce the completion of the HCE Hospitality Compensation Exchange &amp;#174; India Survey 2008.  The survey report aims to provide the most comprehensive guide to all India compensation trends in the hospitality industry</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?f=2548.pdf&amp;c=3267&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Apr 22, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Executive Compensation Comparison for Specialty Apparel and Big Box/Department Store CEO's and CFO's</title><description>Compensation comparisons uncover significant differences for CEO's and CFO's in the Specialty Apparel and Big Box/Department Store industries</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3236&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Apr 5, 2008</pubDate></item><item><title>Chasing Your Own Private Equity</title><description>HVS Executive Search explains the logic of granting equity to key executives, especially for startup scenarios or takeovers.</description><link>http://www.hvs-executivesearch.com/Jump/?aid=3228&amp;rt=2</link><pubDate>Apr 1, 2008</pubDate></item></channel></rss>