All Publications

2013

1. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013)
   

   14 May, 2013 | Human Capital in Review

   This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of strategic workforce planning.

2. Corporate Image and Branding Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   13 May, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

   Connecting Your Organization to Tomorrow’s Customers

3. China Center Chart of the Week: Recent jump in bank deposits likely boosted by new WMP regulations
   

   10 May, 2013 | China Center Publications

   This chart shows changes in the stock of outstanding deposits in China’s banking system on a monthly basis, and the total outstanding deposit growth.

4. Recent Changes in Europe’s Competitive Landscape and Medium-Term Perspectives: How the Sources of Demand and Supply Are Shaping Up
   

   06 May, 2013 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Bart van Ark, Vivian Chen, Bert Colijn, Kirsten Jaeger, Wim Overmeer, and Marcel Timmer
   March 2013 - EPWP #13 – 05

5. China Center Chart of the Week: China’s manufacturing PMI should be taken with a growing grain of salt
   

   06 May, 2013 | China Center Publications

   This chart shows the performance of China’s official manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) since January 2010, along with the major subcomponents. We urge members to view this index with great caution.

6. Risk in the Boardroom
   

   01 May, 2013 | Director Notes

   Today, more than ever, boards are expected to thoroughly assess key business risks and ensure that the enterprise is equipped to mitigate them. This Director Notes discusses current corporate risk oversight practices of directors of U.S. public companies.

7. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
   

   01 May, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

   A recovery for the Euro Area has been delayed in part by continued weakness in business confidence. This issue also explores how prices and supplies of oil and natural gas may affect long-term growth prospects of Europe's economies.

8. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
   

   30 April, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

   Once again economic activity started off the year on strong footing, to only lose steam heading into springtime. In this issue we also examine the shale gas and oil revolution to see if it can really be a game changer.

9. 2013 Customer Experience Leadership Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   30 April, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

   Social media may have changed the retail experience, but digital technology has given companies tools for coping with and capitalizing on that change.

10. CEO Succession Practices: 2013 Edition
    

    29 April, 2013 | Research Report

    An analysis of succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies in 2012.

11. China Center LEI Commentary: LEI growth stalled amid renewed tightening of policy measures
    

    26 April, 2013 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, April 2013 (March 2013 data)

12. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Employee Engagement (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2013)
    

    22 April, 2013 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of employee engagement.

13. Globalization Revisited: Who Will Get the New Wave of Knowledge Process Jobs?
    

    16 April, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    Offshoring is no longer the best or the only answer for management of knowledge process jobs, and many companies are investigating nearshore and onshore alternatives as the global competition for knowledge jobs intensifies.

14. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Diversity & Inclusion (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013)
    

    15 April, 2013 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of diversity and inclusion.

15. Who's Winning the Hunger Games? Q&A with Michael Moss
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    In a Q&A based on his book "Salt Sugar Fat," Michael Moss explains how Nabisco, Kraft, and General Mills got us to crave all the wrong things.

16. Up in the Air: How some companies manage to defy gravity
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    The authors draw on the results of a major study to identify and explain the key factors that generate long-term corporate success.

17. Trust No One: Understanding the price of business intelligence—and counterintelligence
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    A former CIA agent explains that the key to business counterintelligence is to avoid ever falling victim to information thieves who may target you without your even knowing it.

18. Business Case for Nature
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    The authors argue that companies should value natural resources as highly as any other.

19. Next 90 Days
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Companies are increasingly looking beyond the short-term tyranny of the quarterly earnings report.

20. "Just Say No": If only fighting bribery were that simple
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    An expansive look at bribery today and how both companies and individual executives should handle sticky situations.

21. Workspace: Face-to-Face Fallacies
    

    15 April, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Alison Maitland looks critically at workplace strategies of Google and Yahoo!, calling them "retrograde attitudes from Internet giants."

22. Communicating Sustainability Leadership The Difficulty of Achieving Differentiation
    

    12 April, 2013 | Director Notes

    The report presents an analysis of real and perceived sustainability performance across and within industries to highlight the importance of communications in helping to drive positive perception of the corporate brand.

23. Shifts in the Supply Chain Equation Provide Opportunities for Mid-Market Companies—and Concerns
    

    09 April, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    Constantly shifting production and transportation costs generate constantly changing answers about where to locate links in the supply chain. Big changes in the supply chain equation itself mean it’s back to the drawing board for many companies.

24. Managing the Total Workforce: Bringing Contingent Labor inside the Strategic Workforce Planning Tent
    

    08 April, 2013 | Research Report

    Few companies have a robust method for determining the right mix of employees and contingent workers. Creating a total workforce management framework gives companies a holistic understanding of how they use talent and helps them evaluate future options.

25. 2012 Future Leaders Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    05 April, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Building Tomorrow’s Leaders Today

26. Looking before You Leap: SWP and Offshoring Location Decisions
    

    05 April, 2013 | KnowlEdge Series Summaries

    HR executives and strategists can contribute to their company’s location strategy.

27. Peer Groups Understanding CEO Compensation and a Proposal for a New Approach
    

    05 April, 2013 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the comparative peer benchmarking approach that most large companies rely on to design their executive compensation packages and suggests that boards consider an internally focused approach instead.

28. China Center Chart of the Week: China’s capital account liberalization is still a long way off
    

    03 April, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart shows China’s capital account in the Balance of Payments data, with positive numbers signaling credits (essentially money flowing into the economy in various forms) and negative numbers representing debits (net flows of assets held abroad).

29. Board Asia Newsletter
    

    02 April, 2013 | Periodical

    Quarter One 2013

30. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    02 April, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

    High youth unemployment and long-term demographic trends are both blocking a recovery in Euro Area household consumption.

31. On the Record with Dr. Loren Skeist
    

    02 April, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    The Conference Board interviews the president of Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp., a mid-market industry leader in high-voltage design and manufacturing, about the 2013 results of The Conference Board CEO Challenge®.

32. Happiness Premium: What Companies Should Know about Leveraging Happiness in the Workplace
    

    28 March, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    A focus on employee happiness makes for a holistic approach to the idea of contentment in the workplace, and can greatly influence company performance overall.

33. Risk Matters: Why and How Corporate Boards Should Become Involved
    

    28 March, 2013 | Research Report

    This report specifies how to solidify defenses against multiple types of risk, and the role of the board in each area as separate risk strategies become one whole consolidated effort instead of many parts of a company's risk management program.

34. China Center LEI Commentary: LEI still increasing, but the outcome will be highly policy-dependent
    

    28 March, 2013 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, March 2013 (February 2013 data)

35. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (March 2013)
    

    26 March, 2013 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and February 28, 2013.

36. Sustainability in the Boardroom: A 2013 Update
    

    26 March, 2013 | Director Notes

    This report assesses how and to what extent boards integrate social and environmental issues into their strategic agendas, including where they assign those oversight responsibilities and sustainability performance management and reporting issues.

37. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    25 March, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

    The domestic private sector of the U.S. economy has shown great resilience in the face of ongoing global uncertainty and dysfunctional government policy. However, we maintain our cautious economic outlook for 2013.

38. China Center Data Flash: New leadership show signs of reining in risk areas
    

    18 March, 2013 | China Center Publications

    Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – March 2013 (February 2013 data)

39. China Center Chart of the Week: China’s demographic shift has “officially” begun – at least according to the NBS definition
    

    18 March, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart shows the breakdown of the Chinese population by age group. In January, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the country’s working age population (ages 15 to 59) shrank for the first time in 2012.

40. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 3, No. 1, 2013)
    

    18 March, 2013 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

41. 2012 Enterprise Risk Management Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    18 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Aligning Strategy and Risk to Deliver Value

42. 2013 Talent Management Strategies Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    18 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Innovating Talent Solutions to Deliver Results

43. Potential Cost and Value of ERM
    

    12 March, 2013 | Director Notes

    Companies are often skeptical of the value of enterprise risk management, and whether the results justify the cost, effort, and challenge of implementing a meaningful process. This report considers some of those concerns and highlights the value of ERM.

44. Corporate Philanthropy with a Global Footprint
    

    08 March, 2013 | Research Report

    A snapshot of the current state of global corporate philanthropy, specifically benchmarking, structure, strategy, measurement, and cultural and political landscapes for corporate philanthropy from Western Europe to Latin America.

45. China Center Quick Note: Xi Jinping at the helm: command and control – or negotiate and cajole?
    

    08 March, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This Quick Note assesses what China's incoming president might reasonably be expected to achieve given the limits necessarily imposed on him by the political system.

46. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    05 March, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

    U.S. economy still not fully in the clear with both the private sector and labor market far from robust and recently productivity growth has slumped. Moreover, dysfunctional government and tighter fiscal policy represent large downside risks.

47. China Center Chart of the Week: Formal bank loans - no longer the stalwart of Chinese finance
    

    05 March, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart shows newly issued net Total Social Finance in China on a quarterly basis, broken down into its constituent parts. The share of non-bank finance has grown markedly.

48. 2012 Onboarding Leadership Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    01 March, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Facilitating Transition, Driving Performance and Engagement

49. Riding the Reform Innovation Wave: Implications for Health Care Organizations and Their CHROs
    

    01 March, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    As the health care sector undergoes enormous transformational change in all aspects of operations, chief human resources officers must embrace the change and communicate it to their workforce, as they make up more than half the sector's expenditures.

50. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    28 February, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

    Recent changes in competitiveness measures for Euro Area economies provide another signal that economic outlook is improving, but weak long-term productivity growth represents important constraint on speed and strength of any recovery.

51. China Center LEI Commentary: LEI boosted by the Chinese New Year
    

    27 February, 2013 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, February 2013 (January 2012 data)

52. FCPA Enforcement Trends
    

    27 February, 2013 | Director Notes

    This report discusses Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement, litigation, and policy developments. It also analyzes recent trends and offers guidance to help companies, executives and directors avoid or minimize liability under the FCPA.

53. Integrating Corporate Wellness Initiatives within Human Capital Strategy
    

    27 February, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    How can companies successfully work their wellness initiatives into their larger human capital strategy?

54. Going Public on HR Data Privacy: Implications for Human Capital Analytics and Strategic Workforce Planning
    

    26 February, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    Many HR organizations are skittish about collecting certain types of employee data, especially when they plan to integrate it across national borders.

55. China Center Chart of the Week: Do weak retail sales over the Chinese New Year holiday signal slowing consumption growth?
    

    22 February, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart assesses the “real” (i.e. inflation adjusted to 2012 price levels) monthly Retail Sales of Consumer Goods statistic over the last 5 years, emphasizing the sales for Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday periods.

56. China Center Quick Note: Barring the unexpected, China’s economy to downshift considerably, as a natural consequence of both size and maturation
    

    21 February, 2013 | China Center Publications

    In the latest update of The Conference Board’s Global Economic Outlook, we project that China’s trend growth rate will slow to 5.8 percent over the 2013-2018 period and fall further to 3.7 percent from 2019-2025.

57. Director Compensation and Board Practices: 2013 Edition
    

    20 February, 2013 | Research Report

    This report analyzes findings from a 2012 survey of 359 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2011 and on board practices.

58. Sustainability Matters 2013: How Companies Communicate and Engage on Sustainability
    

    20 February, 2013 | Research Report

    How are companies addressing what they have defined as their corporate sustainability responsibilities? This report provides an answer through a multifaceted examination of current sustainability practices.

59. 2012 Joint Ventures Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    14 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Developing and Managing Joint Ventures for Growth and Innovation

60. Preparing for a Succession Emergency
    

    12 February, 2013 | Director Notes

    This report outlines common issues that arise during emergency successions, provides guidance on how to prepare for and respond to a succession crisis, and encourages boards to integrate succession planning into the company’s crisis-preparedness process.

61. 2012 Senior Corporate Communication Management Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    11 February, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Strategies and Techniques for Today's Rapidly Changing Marketplace

62. China Center Chart of the Week: Real household consumption increasingly hard to gauge using the monthly “Retail Sales of Consumer Goods” statistic
    

    07 February, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart compares consumption in China as measured by the monthly “Retail Sales of Consumer Goods” statistic with the household consumption statistic derived from China’s quarterly Expenditure GDP and figures estimated by NBS’ Quarterly Household Survey

63. Leveling the Playing Field: Attracting, Engaging, and Advancing People with Disabilities
    

    07 February, 2013 | Research Report

    An Executive Summary report and a full Research Report are available, based on the work of The Conference Board Research Working Group on Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Disabilities

64. China Center LEI Commentary: Slower LEI growth indicates the current rebound may be short-lived
    

    05 February, 2013 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, January 2013 (December 2012 data)

65. China Center Chart of the Week: Less and less growth from more and more credit
    

    01 February, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart shows the credit intensity of Chinese economic growth in both nominal and real terms. Credit intensity refers to the ratio of new credit to incremental GDP growth in an economy, and the situation for China is becoming increasingly grim.

66. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    31 January, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

    Results from The Conference Board CEO Challenge® survey provide a perspective on how business leaders in Europe are responding to a more stable but still challenging economic environment in the Euro Area.

67. Trapped on the Worker Treadmill?
    

    31 January, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    Why more U.S. workers than ever before are planning to delay retirement

68. Will the Decline in Unit Labor Cost in Europe's Troubled Economies Help Improve Competitiveness?
    

    30 January, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    An examination of the shifts in competitiveness in various European countries.

69. China Center Chart of the Week: Interdependence of Chinese and Japanese economies is much larger than their trade relationship
    

    25 January, 2013 | China Center Publications

    This chart shows China’s imports from and exports to Japan until the end of 2012, and uses Input-Output table analysis to calculate the amount the Japanese and Chinese economies impact one another, both directly and indirectly.

70. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    25 January, 2013 | Economics Watch Reports

    Growth rebounds in second half, after fiscal drag in first half. This issue also includes results from CEO Challenge® survey which shows businesses look at internal strengths to better compete in what is poised to remain a slow growth environment.

71. Building an Effective Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs Organization
    

    25 January, 2013 | Council Perspectives

    PSRA has expanded from narrowly managing compliance to enabling the business to pursue new products and markets, driving the need for additional skills in the function.

72. 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    24 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Paying for Performance Alignment

73. Bar Is Rising on Sustainability Leadership
    

    23 January, 2013 | Director Notes

    Companies are putting more effort and investment into demonstrating good corporate citizenship on environmental, social and related governance factors. However, research shows that it may be getting harder for them to gain recognition for doing so.

74. 2012 Human Capital Analytics Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    23 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    These Conference KeyNotes summarize the discussions held by the approximately 114 executives who attended The 2012 Human Capital Analytics Conference in New York in November 2012.

75. Addressing the Talent Shortage in China and India: Leveraging Women in the Workforce
    

    22 January, 2013 | Executive Action Report

    The dearth of high-skilled workers is a human capital challenge in India and China, where women are largely underutilized in the workforce. Leveraging women in these labor markets is essential to resolve this shortage and promote economic growth.

76. Is It Up to Business to Solve the Toughest Problems?
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Companies, argues benefits consultant Jennifer Benz, need to shoulder some of the responsibility for workers' struggles with obesity and financial insecurity.

77. A Higher Consciousness: Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey looks to elevate business
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    John Mackey of Whole Foods explains his philosophy of "conscious capitalism" and corporate responsibility—and how it dovetails with his libertarian political ideology.

78. Navigating Politics: Rethink your company's political spending—before the next election cycle
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Bruce Freed and Karl Sandstrom argue that companies should take the opportunity to closely examine whether their political spending is in line with their political and societal priorities and stances.

79. Why Be Happy? Instead of attaching smiley emoticons to every moment of our lives, Oliver Burkeman suggests, we should welcome more negativity.
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Q&A with social critic Oliver Burkeman about the perils of positive thinking, in and out of the workplace.

80. Pay Problem: It's not that we pay CEOs too much—it's that we pay everyone else too little.
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    High CEO pay still gets all the attention, but it's no longer a problem that demands immediate fixing. What companies need to address is how they compensate everyone else.

81. Will Your People Be Ready? Top executives reveal how they are addressing today's meteoric pace of change.
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Two dozen top executives discuss how they're managing their people to deal with the increasing rate of change.

82. A Rebuilding Year: In a slow-growth 2013, companies need to prepare for a new future.
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    In TCB Review's annual Q&A with chief economist Bart van Ark, he elaborates on his generally downbeat 2013 global economic forecast.

83. "What's the Best Business Book You've Read in the Last Year?"
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    TCB Review's annual survey of business authors' favorite reads.

84. Part-Time Executive
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Many top executives, particularly in Europe, are working less and accomplishing more.

85. Main Skill Your HR Chief Lacks
    

    16 January, 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    Recruiting is exactly the kind of experience that every chief of HR needs to understand the stakes of doing HR wrong.

86. Design-Centered Innovation: Observe, Learn, Innovate
    

    16 January, 2013 | Council Perspectives

    Customers value the experience of using a product or service, not just the product or service itself. Companies can use a design-centered approach to innovation to facilitate the process of selling the total “experience” to their customers.

87. Five Years of Strategic Workforce Planning Research: What Have We Learned?
    

    16 January, 2013 | Research Report

    This report synthesizes what we learn by carefully reviewing five years of research on SWP: what it is, who is doing it, obstacles, and outcomes. Most companies that have begun implementing SWP still have a long way to go, according to the surveys.

88. 2012 Organization Design Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    15 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Building Capabilities and Delivering Business Value

89. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013 Summary Report: Countering the Global Slowdown
    

    08 January, 2013 | CEO Challenge®

    Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of business leaders by The Conference Board indicate a focus on internal challenges.

90. Proxy Voting Analytics (2008-2012)
    

    08 January, 2013 | Research Report

    This report reviews voting data of SEC-registered corporations that held their AGMs between January 1 and June 30, 2012, and were in the Russell 3000 index at the time of their AGM.

91. 2012 Strategic Alliances Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    07 January, 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Key Strategies for Profitable Partnerships

92. Achieving a Successful Annual Meeting
    

    02 January, 2013 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the current environment in which companies must conduct their annual meetings and offers suggestions for management and boards to help achieve a successful meeting that informs and educates shareholders.

2012

1. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
   

   21 December, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

   Progress on financial integration does not result in improved outlook for Euro Area

2. Corporate Political Spending: Policies and Practices, Accountability, and Disclosure
   

   20 December, 2012 | Research Report

   When it comes to political spending and the related questions of how to demonstrate accountability and how much information to disclose, there is no single right answer.

3. China Center Data Flash: Fragility and uncertainty persist
   

   20 December, 2012 | China Center Publications

   Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – December 2012 (November 2012 data)

4. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
   

   20 December, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

   Underlying strengthening in U.S. economy will be delayed if fiscal drags become large

5. Executive Coaching Survey: 2012 Edition
   

   19 December, 2012 | Research Report

   This report presents an in-depth look at both internal and external coaching practices.

6. 2012 Succession Management Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   19 December, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

   Raising the Stakes: Anticipating and Removing Barriers to Building High-Quality Leadership Pipelines

7. China Center Chart of the Week: Rising unit labor costs underscore the imperative for economic transition
   

   18 December, 2012 | China Center Publications

   This chart shows China’s unit labor cost – the average cost of labor per unit of output (ULC) – as a percent of the United States’ ULC. Growth in a country’s ULC is a key measure of its competitiveness.

8. Safeguarding Intellectual Property and Addressing Corruption in the Global Supply Chain
   

   18 December, 2012 | Research Report

   Guarding against IP infringement and violation of anti-corruption laws among employees is difficult enough for multinational companies. It is even more challenging to prevent inappropriate behavior by the employees and contracted workers of third parties.

9. Employee Engagement: What Works Now?
   

   17 December, 2012 | Research Report

   Even when organizations commit to achieving a high level of employee engagement, the goal can be elusive. This report examines the current state of employee engagement practices to discover how companies, even in challenging environments, find success.

10. Conference Board Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012
    

    17 December, 2012 | Periodical

    This periodical publication offers an expert perspective on the implications of current economic conditions on the labor market, with specific focus on the United States, Europe, and emerging markets.

11. China Center Chart of the Week: Consumption is the most important driver of labor demand
    

    14 December, 2012 | China Center Publications

    This chart explores overall labor demand (i.e. both direct and indirect) generated by household consumption, government consumption, investment, and exports in China.

12. Achieving Pay for Performance
    

    14 December, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the three dimensions of pay for performance, demonstrates how to measure them using historical pay data, and presents a simple pay plan that achieves perfect pay for performance using annual grants of performance shares.

13. Intangible Capital and Growth in Advanced Economies: Measurement Methods and Comparative Results
    

    13 December, 2012 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Cecilia Jona-Lasinio and Massimiliano Iommi
    December 2012 - EPWP #12 – 03

14. Innovation Accounting
    

    13 December, 2012 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Carol Corrado and Charles Hulten
    December 2012 - EPWP #12 – 04

15. On the Record with Thomas J. Sullivan
    

    12 December, 2012 | Executive Action Report

    This is a follow-up interview with one of the CEOs of a mid-market firm who participated in The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012: Thomas Sullivan, President and CEO of Symmetry Medical, Inc.

16. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Diversity & Inclusion (Vol. 2, No. 4, 2012)
    

    11 December, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of diversity and inclusion.

17. China Center LEI Commentary: Looking beyond month-to-month volatility – sustainability of current rebound not yet certain
    

    06 December, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, November 2012 (October 2012 data)

18. Board Oversight of Management’s Risk Appetite and Tolerance
    

    05 December, 2012 | Director Notes

    This Director Notes analyzes the handicaps created by current risk oversight and assurance approaches and tools, highlights six goals for boards in executing their risk oversight duties, and provides practical advice for directors on how to achieve them.

19. Preparedness in the Private Sector: 2012 Report
    

    05 December, 2012 | Research Report

    This report addresses joint resilience planning with local communities, supply chain resilience, effective employee training and communications, contingency plans for employees, and employee personal resilience as a business issue.

20. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 2, No. 4, 2012)
    

    05 December, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of strategic workforce planning.

21. China Center Chart of the Week: China’s falling returns on capital will cause slower growth or higher leverage (or both)
    

    04 December, 2012 | China Center Publications

    The chart shows The Conference Board’s estimation of the Marginal Product of Capital (MPK) for various countries, broken into two groups: lower income and higher income.

22. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    30 November, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    Policies implemented to control the financial crisis are partially succeeding, but have not yet improved confidence or growth prospects

23. Board Asia Newsletter
    

    27 November, 2012 | Periodical

    Quarter Four 2012

24. Reading the Tea Leaves: The Impact of China's Twelfth Five-Year Plan on Human Capital Challenges
    

    27 November, 2012 | Research Report

    This report highlights the major human capital aspects of China’s Twelfth Five Year Plan that are expected to have the greatest impact on business.

25. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    27 November, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    Economic growth poised to rebound in the second half of 2013

26. China Center Chart of the Week: Not so fast! Why China’s economy will continue to slow
    

    23 November, 2012 | China Center Publications

    The chart shows The Conference Board’s most recent medium- and long-term projections for trend growth in real GDP for China, broken down by contributions from labor, capital and productivity.

27. China Center Quick Note: China’s “Elections” and the Future of Reform
    

    21 November, 2012 | China Center Publications

    This Quick Note examines the policy imperatives for China’s new, recently “elected” leading group. MNCs should pay special attention to monitoring policy developments related to financial/credit market reform and State Owned Enterprise reform.

28. Corporate Philanthropy in China: A Practitioner's Guide for Foreign Donors
    

    21 November, 2012 | Research Report

    This report describes the nonprofit sector in China and the challenges that currently exist for foreign donors who wish to get involved with Chinese nonprofits. It also gives suggestions for identifying and partnering with organizations.

29. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012)
    

    19 November, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

30. On the Record with Nick Konidaris
    

    15 November, 2012 | Executive Action Report

    This is a follow-up interview with one of the CEOs of a mid-market firm who participated in The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012: Nick Konidaris, President and CEO of Electro Scientific Industries (ESI).

31. China Center Data Flash: Fragile rebound advanced in October
    

    15 November, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – November 2012 (October 2012 data)

32. China Center Chart of the Week: Investment and exports diminish as growth drivers, but remain critical to sustaining economy’s size
    

    15 November, 2012 | China Center Publications

    This chart underscores the importance of Consumption as a major driver of GDP growth in China, and suggests this has been the case since well before the global financial crisis of 2008 and the associated fall off in global export demand.

33. Charting a Path to Sustainability Leadership
    

    14 November, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report looks at the potential benefits of demonstrating good environmental, social, and governance performance and discusses five traits of companies that excel in the operational and communication dimensions of sustainability.

34. StraightTalk® Special Issue for All Members: Global Economic Outlook 2013
    

    13 November, 2012 | StraightTalk®

    From The Conference Board Chief Economist: Is the global economic speed limit slowing down?

35. Projecting Global Growth
    

    13 November, 2012 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Vivian Chen, Ben Cheng, Gad Levanon, Ataman Ozyildirim and Bart van Ark
    November 2012 - EPWP #12 – 02

36. StraightTalk^®
    Global Economic Outlook 2013: Is the global economic speed limit slowing down?
    

    13 November, 2012 | StraightTalk®

    From The Conference Board Chief Economist.

37. Human Capital Analytics: A Primer
    

    06 November, 2012 | Research Report

    Today’s human capital professionals have yet to move from being reactive to proactive and predictive. This report identifies the metrics and best practices that can lead to rapid development and deployment of a sound human capital analytics function.

38. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Employee Engagement (Vol. 1, No. 3, 2012)
    

    05 November, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of employee engagement.

39. 2012 Corporate Community Involvement Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    02 November, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    The Future Is Today: Strategies for Accelerating Business and Social Impact

40. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    02 November, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    The financial crisis has spurred European leaders to consider hastening fiscal and regulatory integration, which has helped reduce financial instability. However, the poor performance of confidence indicators show that the Euro Area economy reamins weak.

41. China Center LEI Commentary: Increase in LEI slows, as real estate gives back gains from August
    

    01 November, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, October 2012 (September 2012 data)

42. China Center Quick Note: The Fourth Estate and China’s Reform Agenda
    

    31 October, 2012 | China Center Publications

    This Quick Note assert that the emerging Fourth Estate phenomenon -- deep, fact-based investigative journalism -- is extremely important for MNC business planners to monitor as a presage to policy leanings and political-economy trends in China.

43. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 1 of 4: China’s nonprofit sector – growing rapidly, but still highly constrained
    

    30 October, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part one of four.

44. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 2 of 4: Public perception is an important driver shaping China’s nonprofit sector
    

    30 October, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part two of four.

45. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 3 of 4: Corporations playing key role in advancing civil society engagement in China
    

    30 October, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part three of four.

46. China Center Chart of the Week, Special Philanthropy Series, part 4 of 4: How much do companies in China spend on philanthropy?
    

    30 October, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Leading up to the release of a new beachhead report by the China Center on Corporate Philanthropy in China (to be published in November) we are releasing a special series of Charts of the Week on the topic. This is part four of four.

47. Reporting on Corporate Sustainability Performance
    

    29 October, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report presents an analysis of 94 sustainability reports published by Canadian corporations in 10 sectors. The results reveal incredible diversity in the performance indicators disclosed, both across and within sectors.

48. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    26 October, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    The U.S. remains poised to at least partially fall off the “fiscal cliff".

49. What Do Corporate Directors and Senior Managers Know about Social Media?
    

    24 October, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report provides insights into how senior-level decision makers in North American companies view social media, and offers recommendations for implementing a social media strategy that ties in with corporate strategy and risk management practices.

50. China Center Data Flash: September data - a glimmer of light, but not yet out of the tunnel
    

    23 October, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – October 2012 (September 2012 data)

51. 2012 Executive Compensation Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    17 October, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Navigating the Management/Shareholder Partnership: Making Performance Really Matter

52. 2012 Citizenship and Sustainability Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    17 October, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    The Management Challenge of Ethics, Citizenship, and Sustainability: A New Business Model

53. State of Human Capital 2012: False Summit
    

    15 October, 2012 | Research Report

    This report is the result of a joint research effort by The Conference Board and McKinsey & Company to highlight the most significant challenges facing human capital executives.

54. Review of Shareholder Proposals on Environmental Issues
    

    09 October, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report looks at shareholder proposals on environmental issues that were voted during the 2012 proxy season to determine which issues were most often brought to boards and which received the greatest support from shareholders.

55. Collapse: Alan Wurtzel helped make Circuit City a great company. And then he set out to learn why it failed.
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    A Q&A with Alan Wurtzel, former chairman and CEO of Circuit City and author of "Good to Great to Gone."

56. Think Different? Real diversity means getting past groupthink.
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    How is it possible that organizations have achieved outward diversity but not diversity of thought? This article explains.

57. Who Needs Long Division?
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    How to adapt today’s education system to tomorrow’s digital workplace. An excerpt from Marc Prensky's book "Brain Gain."

58. Marketing Monster: When executives begin to believe their own hype.
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    BP offers a cautionary tale about how a company can fall victim to its own deceptive empowerment marketing strategy. An excerpt from Jonah Sachs' book "Winning the Story Wars."

59. Let Your People Go
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Our thinking about employee retention is too often simplistic and narrow.

60. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Your Colleague Smells Bad. And?
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Laurie Ruettimann examines HR's role in defusing uncomfortable workplace situations.

61. Men Not at Work: Q&A with Hanna Rosin
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    The modern economy is better suited to women, says Hanna Rosin, and men have so far been unable or unwilling to adjust.

62. Link Not Found: Why CEOs still see technology as separate from “the business.”
    

    08 October, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    The paradox for chief information officers: You are intimately involved in every fact of the business, yet you are often considered separate and removed from it. An excerpt from Martha Heller's book "The CIO Paradox."

63. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    28 September, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    The ongoing weakness in the U.S. economy has prompted the Federal Reserve to unleash its third round of quantitative easing. However, more quantitative easing is not the pancea that will quickly boost the economy.

64. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    28 September, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    ECB's decision to buy short-term sovereign debt and progress towards creation of European Stability Mechanism (ESM) has improved prospects for resolving Euro Area financial crisis, though many obstacles remain.

65. Building a Resilient Workforce: A Critical Component of Disaster Recovery
    

    28 September, 2012 | Executive Action Report

    Resilience has traditionally been the ability of information systems, databases, and facilities to bounce back after a disaster. But true resilience requires that companies also prepare their employees to recover, both in their jobs and personal lives.

66. China Center LEI Commentary: Real estate perks up the LEI in August – but it is unlikely to last
    

    28 September, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, September 2012 (August 2012 data)

67. Conference Board Economics Watch^® Emerging Markets View
    

    26 September, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    Emerging markets: staying competitive amid slowing growth

68. Defining Pay in Pay for Performance
    

    25 September, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report examines pay-for-performance (PFP) issues to consider in making year-end compensation decisions, designing pay plans, and drafting 2013 proxies. It also offers examples of how to define “pay” for PFP analysis and disclosure purposes.

69. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Diversity and Inclusion (Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012)
    

    20 September, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of diversity and inclusion.

70. China Center Chart of the Week: Increasing intangible investment not yielding commensurate increases in output
    

    17 September, 2012 | China Center Publications

    The US and Germany have generated increasing output per capita from their intangible investment, whereas China has not. R&D spending is part of the problem.

71. Talent Management Tomorrow: Seeing Around the Corner to Meet Strategic Business Needs
    

    14 September, 2012 | Council Perspectives

    This report, the work of eight councils of The Conference Board worldwide in the area of talent management, assesses the current state of the function and then “peeks around the corner” to see what challenges lie ahead.

72. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012)
    

    14 September, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of strategic workforce planning.

73. China Center Data Flash: Tug of war -- manufacturing down, infrastructure up
    

    12 September, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – September 2012 (August 2012 data)

74. CEO Challenge Reflections: Human Capital Practitioners Respond
    

    12 September, 2012 | Executive Action Report

    This report compares the responses of human capital professionals to the human capital strategies cited by 370 CEOs that ranked human capital as one of their top three challenges in The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012.

75. Leveraging Corporate Security for Business Growth and Improved Performance: The Transformative Effect of 9/11
    

    11 September, 2012 | Council Perspectives

    Security has become a core function, embedded in disciplines like finance, law, human resources, quality, supply chain, marketing, and operations.

76. When the Debt Incurred in a Cash Merger Causes the Target to Fail: Protecting Target Directors
    

    11 September, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report describes the potential liability directors may face if they approve a cash merger financed in substantial part through borrowing and the target company fails. It also offers steps directors can consider to help mitigate that risk.

77. Corporate Diversity & Inclusion Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    10 September, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Integrity, Ingenuity, and Intersections: Driving Inclusive Impact for Business Value

78. Board Asia Newsletter
    

    07 September, 2012 | Periodical

    Quarter Three 2012

79. China Center Chart of the Week: China’s intangible investment – high in absolute amount, small relative to conventional capex
    

    07 September, 2012 | China Center Publications

    China has spent a much larger amount on intangible investment, as a percentage of GDP, than other countries at similar, or higher, levels of development.

80. China Center LEI Commentary: A pick up in infrastructure investment remains the only driver of growth, but may ultimately become a burden
    

    06 September, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, August 2012 (July 2012 data)

81. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    29 August, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    ECB promises to purchase short-term bonds of troubled countries has reduced financial instability for now. Long-term growth prospects in much of Euro Area remain uncertain, but expanding trade relations with China could help.

82. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 2, 2012)
    

    29 August, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

    This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

83. U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report: 2012 Edition
    

    28 August, 2012 | Research Report

    This report examines salary and compensation for the CEO and top executives of 2,411 publicly traded companies in the United States in 2011.

84. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    24 August, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    The U.S. economy suffers from a lack of consumer demand, a cautious corporate sector that is not spending or hiring, and high inventory levels that will hold back production activity going forward.

85. China Center Chart of the Week: Intangible investment in China has grown rapidly – but is it efficient?
    

    24 August, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Despite the substantial top-line growth, it appears that overall spending on intangibles in China has largely been policy driven, rather than deriving from firm-level innovation.

86. Extending Your Brand to Employees Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    21 August, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Inspire and Equip Employees to Create Customers for Life

87. China Center Data Flash: July disappoints – even investment growth levels off
    

    17 August, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – August 2012 (July 2012 data)

88. China Center Quick Note: The Missing Tea Leaves
    

    17 August, 2012 | China Center Publications

    This Quick Note examines perennial data gap issues in China, and, more recently, the trend of disappearing data. The note provides much needed context about the history, political framework and utility of data publication in China.

89. Handling a Corporate Crisis
    

    15 August, 2012 | Director Notes

    In today’s climate, securities and financial firms are likely to face some enforcement proceedings that create a situation fraught with potential pitfalls. This report discusses 10 prescriptions for handling these situations well.

90. 2012 Change Management Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    14 August, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Disciplined, Analytical, and Practical Approaches to Managing High-Stakes Change

91. Women’s Leadership Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    10 August, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Advancement Strategies—What We Have, and What We Need: Much of the potential of women’s talent is unrealized, and creating the conditions to unlock this potential remains a challenge.

92. Education and Corporate Philanthropy: Focus Funding for Maximum Impact
    

    09 August, 2012 | Council Perspectives

    Developing a lens through which to evaluate each potential corporate philanthropy program is critical to success and maximizing impact.

93. China Center LEI Commentary: Real economic activity remains weak – credit alone drives the LEI in June
    

    02 August, 2012 | China Center Publications

    Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, July 2012 (June 2012 data)

94. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    31 July, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    Measures taken at June 28-29 EU Summit represent steps in the right direction, but have so far failed to restore confidence.

95. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific 2011-2013: Driving Employee Engagement with Communication and Work-Life Balance
    

    31 July, 2012 | Executive Action Report

    Companies that survey and measure employee engagement—and communicate organizational actions and results from senior leadership—are managing employee engagement effectively.

96. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    30 July, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

    The U.S. economy has no forward momentum and little help from monetary or fiscal policy. Future growth depends on whether U.S. businesses can escape the “commodity trap.”

97. Despite the Chaos, Europe's Economies Are Regaining Competitiveness through Improvements in Unit Labor Cost Performance
    

    27 July, 2012 | Executive Action Report

    Can Europe’s recent gains in productivity and lower unit labor costs be sustained?

98. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (July 2012)
    

    26 July, 2012 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

    This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and June 30, 2012.

99. Strategic Risk Management: A Primer for Directors
    

    25 July, 2012 | Director Notes

    This report describes the factors that are driving the need for board-level strategic risk management, outlines a strategic risk assessment process, and offers recommendations for integrating risk management in strategy execution and measurement.

100. Sustainability Practices: 2012 Edition
     

     24 July, 2012 | Research Report

     This report analyzes the most recent disclosure of environmental and social practices by the 3,000 U.S. and non-U.S. public companies that compose the Bloomberg ESG 3000 index.

101. LGBT in the Workplace and Marketplace
     

     23 July, 2012 | KnowlEdge Series Summaries

     The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) population is no longer merely included in corporate strategy, but is a focus of that strategy, as companies try to attract both LGBT talent and market share.

102. China Center Data Flash: Growth stabilizes in June, but weakness remains
     

     20 July, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – July 2012 (June 2012 data)

103. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Employee Engagement (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2012)
     

     19 July, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in employee engagement.

104. 2012 Leadership Development Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     18 July, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     What's Next? Hardwiring Leadership Development to Future Business Needs

105. Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 2
     

     16 July, 2012 | Periodical

     This issue includes an overview of the main economic and labor market conditions in the United States, Europe, and Asia, as well as several special topics.

106. China Center Quick Note: China’s Consumption Paradox
     

     16 July, 2012 | China Center Publications

     This Quick Note examines and explains the structural factors constraining household consumption in China, and the challenges China faces in transitioning to a consumption-driven economy.

107. Stakeholder Dialogue in Germany, Italy, and the United States
     

     11 July, 2012 | Director Notes

     This Director Notes describes the results of an international survey on 249 stakeholder dialogue (SD) initiatives undertaken by firms in Germany, Italy, and the United States.

108. Strategic Workforce Planning across National Borders
     

     09 July, 2012 | Research Report

     Strategic workforce planning can play a valuable role by questioning the unexamined assumptions that business leaders may be making about the availability, quality, cost, and mobility of talent in critical locations.

109. Are Your Opinions Really Your Own?
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     HR departments increasingly require disclaimers be appended to employees' Twitter posts. But disclaimers are a flawed solution to a dubious problem.

110. Who Leads? Who Follows?
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     True authority is not granted by position or by statute. Rather, authority is bestowed by those who agree to be led. Today, leadership is not about achieving position. It is about creating followership.

111. Disconnect: The company you think you're running is not the company for which your people work.
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     CEOs rarely know much about how work actually gets done below the C-suite level.

112. Do Your Customers Trust You?
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Q&A with Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, authors of "Extreme Trust: Honesty as a Competitive Advantage."

113. Workspace: The Five Types of Trust
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Columnist Alison Maitland explains how senior leaders can build credibility within and without organizations.

114. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Jones vs. Anastasijevic
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Columnist Laurie Ruettimann explains how people with difficult last names have a harder time getting hired and promoted.

115. Theory to Practice: Management by Imitation
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Columnist Michael Raynor explains how a biography of a leader—even Steve Jobs—cannot serve as a good blueprint for one's own life.

116. Mistreatment: No organization tolerates bullying, so why do so many workers continue to feel abused?
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Bosses have tormented workers ever since there were workers to torment, but only recently have we become sensitized to what studies indicate is four times more common than sexual harassment.

117. Nothing in Common: How to do business in a world of difference
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Understanding the ways and whys of people unlike yourself is key to winning and keeping customers, managing today’s workforce, and relating to the activists who have an increasingly influential voice in where and how a company does business.

118. Openers: Metrics and Micromanagement
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Empathy—really understanding life on the front lines—may be the only way to change a culture of micromanagement. Executives who understand the real impact of constant assessment might think twice before adding to everyone else’s to-do list.

119. Our Brands, Ourselves: The power of attachment
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     As both marketers and consumers attach more meaning to brands, it's important to understand their context in society and business.

120. From Selling Beauty to Selling Fear
     

     09 July, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Manufacturers of skin-care products transitioned smoothly from sun-worshipping Coppertone to fearful sunscreen.

121. Board Asia Newsletter
     

     06 July, 2012 | Periodical

     Quarter Two 2012

122. China Center LEI Commentary: Accelerated bank lending supports LEI expansion in May
     

     04 July, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, May 2012 data

123. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     28 June, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Outlook for Euro Area has become worse due to both increased financial turbulance related to banking crisis in Spain and elsewhere, and the implementation of austerity measures which represent a drag on economic growth.

124. No Company Is an Island: Building Resilient Communities
     

     28 June, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     A business is only as resilient as the communities in which it operates.

125. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012)
     

     27 June, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     This publication is designed for the busy human capital executive who values selected and thoughtfully summarized article reviews of what is happening in the area of talent management.

126. Job Satisfaction: 2012 Edition
     

     26 June, 2012 | Research Report

     Respondents to the 2011 version of The Conference Board Job Satisfaction Survey indicated higher levels of job satisfaction for the first time since the recession began in 2008.

127. Collaboration Between Multistakeholder Standards: A Governance Perspective
     

     26 June, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines the nature, benefits, and shortcomings of existing multistakeholder corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards, and it discusses how businesses can better coordinate their participation in a variety of initiatives.

128. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     22 June, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Winter optimism faded this spring. Recent economic data and rising uncertainty signal that the moderate acceleration in is unlikely. U.S. faces an enormous yearend fiscal cliff, but temporary measures should help avoid a large economic contraction.

129. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2013
     

     19 June, 2012 | Research Report

     Based on a sample of 316 companies, the latest edition of The Conference Board survey of U.S. salary increase budgets reveals a median increase of 3.00 percent, just like last year.

130. Strengthening the Weakest Link: Building Resilient Global Supply Chains
     

     18 June, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     Although the benefits of global supply chains have been significant, they have also made companies more vulnerable to disruptions.

131. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific, 2012–2013: Leadership Development and Succession Planning for the Global Leader
     

     18 June, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     A closer look at the strategies effective companies use for leadership development and succession planning.

132. China Center Data Flash: May data send mixed signals
     

     15 June, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Data Flash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – June 2012 (May 2012 data)

133. 2012 Executive Coaching Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     15 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Cost-Effective and Business-Minded Approaches to Coaching

134. CEO Succession Planning: Current Developments, Shareholder Activism, and Disclosure Practices
     

     12 June, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines recent governance developments in the area of CEO succession, including shareholder activism during the 2011 and 2012 proxy seasons, and current examples of corporate disclosure and policies.

135. Water Worries: How Incorporating Long-Term Risk into Strategic Planning Pays Off
     

     11 June, 2012 | Council Perspectives

     How companies manage risk, opportunity, and scarcity today will determine the long-term value they create for stakeholders and society, and the world’s dwindling water resources are a pivotal case in point.

136. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 2, No. 2, 2012)
     

     11 June, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in strategic workforce planning.

137. Multiculturalism in a Post-9/11, Media-charged World
     

     07 June, 2012 | Council Perspectives

     The multicultural future of the United States is here, but, given the post-9/11 atmosphere of distrust and fear, businesses must work to foster the relationships that promote inclusiveness.

138. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     05 June, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Greek elections and the Spanish bank bailout has raised financial instability in the Euro Area. As a result, continued strong economic performance in German has not offset losses in troubled economies.

139. Giving in Numbers: 2012 Edition
     

     05 June, 2012 | Research Report

     Produced by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) in association with The Conference Board, this report analyzes giving trends from 2011 data shared by 214 corporations, including 62 of the top 100 companies in the Fortune 500.

140. Senior HR Executive Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     04 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     The Future of Work: Growth, Innovation, and People

141. Employee Health Care Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     04 June, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Embracing a New Era: The Spectrum of Opportunity

142. Conference Board Economics Watch^® Emerging Markets View
     

     01 June, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Emerging Market Growth to Gradually Slow in 2012, but Downside Risks Remain Strong

143. Total Factor Productivity among Cities in China: Estimation and Explanation
     

     01 June, 2012 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

     by Yan Xu and Shu Yu
     June 2012 - EPWP #12 – 01

144. Linking Executive Compensation to Sustainability Performance
     

     30 May, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report discusses efforts by some companies to incorporate sustainability performance into executive compensation schemes, and provides an overview of recent shareholder proposals filed on this topic.

145. Incredible Disappearing Office: Making Telework Work
     

     29 May, 2012 | Research Report

     Analyzing data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey and culling current research in the field, this study delves into teleworking in the United States to uncover current trends.

146. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (May 2012)
     

     29 May, 2012 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

     This edition of the Proxy Voting Fact Sheet contains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and April 30, 2012.

147. Answering The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2012: Innovation Leads, Uncertainty Lingers
     

     29 May, 2012 | Council Perspectives

     Is today’s C-suite taking full advantage of its organization’s quality executives and function as a way to answer its most pressing challenges?

148. China Center LEI Commentary: LEI expands moderately, but component volatility offers little certainty
     

     25 May, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, May 2012 (April 2012 data)

149. Conference Board Human Capital in Review:™ Focus on Human Capital Analytics (Vol. 2 No. 1, 2012)
     

     25 May, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     This issue looks at capabilities required for a successful analytics practice at the organization level as well as the specific skills and competencies required at the individual level.

150. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     22 May, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Recent employment, income, and business investment data indicate that economic growth is poised to dip below 2 percent in the current quarter, but trends in the leading economic indicators suggest that growth will accelerate modestly in the second half.

151. Who's Afraid of the Cloud?
     

     22 May, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     This report spells out the benefits and pitfalls for midsize businesses of migrating data and IT operations to the cloud.

152. Issues in Intangibles, Vol.1 No. 2, Spring 2012
     

     21 May, 2012 | Periodical

     Intangible assets are key to competitiveness in the knowledge economy. In this edition of Intangibles Quarterly, Professor Baruch Lev discusses how a firm can keep effective records of intangible assets and how they may affect decision making.

153. 2012 Customer Experience Leadership Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     21 May, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Capturing the Heart of Tomorrow's Customer

154. Supplier Diversity Value Proposition: What Every Organization’s Important Stakeholders Need to Know about Supplier Diversity
     

     21 May, 2012 | Council Perspectives

     In order to serve the needs of a changing customer base, companies should review and, if necessary, rejuvenate their supplier diversity programs.

155. Fostering Retirement and Financial Security in an Era of Individual Responsibility
     

     17 May, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     Individuals must assume more responsibility for the adequate funding of their retirement years. Enlightened companies are providing their employees with tools to help.

156. Global Supply Chain Labor Standards
     

     14 May, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines the adoption of supplier codes of conduct and supply chain labor policies; a framework for implementing supply chain sustainability programs, and media coverage, proxy voting guidelines and shareholder proposals related to this topic.

157. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Diversity & Inclusion (Vol. 2, No. 2, 2012)
     

     09 May, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in diversity and inclusion.

158. Women on Boards: Review and Outlook
     

     02 May, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines the prevalence of women directors in the Fortune 1000 and an additional 1,000 midcap companies and offers recommendations for boards looking to recruit women directors and for women interested in serving on boards.

159. China Center LEI Commentary: Increased volatility will likely characterize the second quarter, just as it did the first
     

     28 April, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China, April 2012 (March 2012 data)

160. Feeling the Pain: Wage Growth in the United States during and after the Great Recession
     

     26 April, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     This report analyzes the impact of the Great Recession on wage growth in the United States from several perspectives, and describes the different effects on the earnings of various demographic groups.

161. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     25 April, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Despite some recent weakening in the economic data, the U.S. economy remains poised to re-accelerate in the second half of 2012. This month, we also examine shifts in global manufacturing competitiveness.

162. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     24 April, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     The Euro Area economy has faced additional instability during the past month after Spain revised its deficit target. This month, we examine how events in Spain and elections in France are affecting our outlook for the Euro Area economy in 2012.

163. China Center Dataflash: Q1 growth rate masks underlying volatility
     

     23 April, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Dataflash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – April 2012 (March 2012 data)

164. China’s 12th Five-Year Plan – Implications for Human Capital
     

     18 April, 2012 | China Center Publications

     China’s 12th Five Year Plan emphasizes the “human factor” in economic development more than any previous FYP. This China Center report distills out the plan’s implications for human capital practitioners and executives concerned about HC issues in China.

165. Proxy Season 2012: The Year of Pay for Performance
     

     16 April, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report discusses the analytics and issues around pay for performance and suggests ways to analyze P4P alignment, counter negative proxy adviser recommendations, and draft proxies to obtain support for pay programs.

166. CEO Succession Practices: 2012 Edition
     

     11 April, 2012 | Research Report

     An analysis of succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies in 2011.

167. Out of the West
     

     02 April, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Most future growth and innovation will be in developing countries—and according to Vijay Govindarajan, companies should waste no time setting up shop over there.

168. Flattened
     

     02 April, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     We ask too much of middle managers; they deserve acknowledgment, respect, and relief.

169. All in the Family
     

     02 April, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     To put Ford Motor Co. on the right track, CEO Alan Mulally needed to win over the Ford family.

170. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Criminal, Past
     

     02 April, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     TCB Review columnist Laurie Ruettimann observes that as many as a third of young workers have low-level criminal records—and she urges HR people to overlook those transgressions.

171. Communication Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility within and across Industries
     

     02 April, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines how American corporations collectively describe their corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities based on an analysis of data collected from 103 Fortune 500 websites.

172. China Center LEI Commentary: Recent volatility in the LEI components underlines growing economic uncertainty
     

     01 April, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China (February 2012 data)

173. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific 2011-2013: Aligning Employee Learning and Development with Performance Management
     

     30 March, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     A survey of human capital professionals in nine countries in Asia-Pacific identified learning and development and performance management as two of the most significant human capital challenges in the region. This report discusses how to address them.

174. Proxy Voting Fact Sheet (March 2012)
     

     29 March, 2012 | Proxy Voting Fact Sheet

     This edition of The Proxy Voting Fact Sheetcontains a snapshot of the most relevant proxy season data for Russell 3000 companies that held annual general meetings (AGMs) between January 1 and February 29, 2012.

175. 2011 Senior Corporate Communications Management Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     29 March, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Strategies and Solutions for a Changing Business Landscape

176. Revisiting Japan a Year after the Earthquake: A Slower than Expected Recovery
     

     28 March, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     One year after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the country is still suffering the economic aftershocks.

177. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     27 March, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Though the Euro Area economy appears to be stabilizing, elevated unit labor costs may impair the region’s growth prospects. This month, we examine labor costs, unemployment measures, and actions European countries are taking to become more competitive.

178. From Enron To Lehman Brothers: Lessons for Boards From Recent Corporate Governance Failures
     

     26 March, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report identifies common pitfalls in many current whistleblower and compliance policies and programs, and offers recommendations for audit committee on how to strengthen them.

179. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     23 March, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Cautiously Optimistic Outlook

180. Board Asia Newsletter
     

     21 March, 2012 | Periodical

     Quarter One 2012

181. Conference Board CEO Challenge^® 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World
     

     20 March, 2012 | CEO Challenge®

     This year’s top challenges show a balance between concerns related to the macro business environment and company-specific challenges that are driven by management action and require a well-executed business strategy.

182. Human Capital Challenges in Asia-Pacific 2011-2013: Strong Brands and Clear Career Paths Help Companies Run the Talent Race
     

     20 March, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     Strong corporate branding and clear career paths for employees help companies to hire and keep talent in Asia-Pacific.

183. China Productivity: Labor Productivity by Ownership Type
     

     20 March, 2012 | China Center Publications

     This report measures China’s industry productivity by ownership type, comparing state-owned enterprises, privately owned domestic firms, foreign-invested firms, and smaller firms for the period of 1995-2009.

184. Recession Aftermath: What the Delayed Retirement of Mature Workers Means for Business
     

     20 March, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     Fallout from the recession of 2008-2009 has accelerated the trend toward delayed retirement in the United States, making it critical for organizations to manage their maturing workforces actively.

185. Managing the Conversation
     

     19 March, 2012 | Council Perspectives

     While branding has always been about shaping experiences, today, in the age of 24/7 communication and social media, the challenge has shifted from shaping the message to managing an active conversation.

186. China Center Dataflash: February data point to weak first quarter
     

     16 March, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Dataflash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – March 2012 (February 2012 data)

187. 2012 Talent Management Strategies Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     16 March, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     New Tools and Approaches to Meet Future Talent Needs

188. Influence of Proxy Advisory Firm Voting Recommendations on Say-on-Pay Votes and Executive Compensation Decisions
     

     12 March, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines evidence of the influence of proxy advisory firm voting recommendations on shareholder voting outcomes, particularly say-on-pay votes, and presents findings showing the impact of those firms on the design of executive pay programs.

189. China Center QuickNote: China’s Soft Side
     

     12 March, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Transitioning China to a consumption led economy is not just a matter of ratcheting down investment and stimulating consumption, and containing the vested interests that would work to block this path. Indeed, this is the relatively easy part.

190. 2011 Customer Loyalty Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     09 March, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Aligning Marketing, Strategy, and Customer Experience to Drive Significant Growth

191. China Center QuickNote: World Bank “China 2030” report – the calls mount for economic reform
     

     07 March, 2012 | China Center Publications

     In this QuickNote we examine some of the World Bank’s key findings, analyzing them alongside The Conference Board’s own research, and highlight areas of particular interest to China Center members.

192. China Center LEI Commentary: China LEI points to increasing uncertainty amidst continued gradual slowing of the economy
     

     06 March, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China (January 2012 data)

193. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Diversity & Inclusion (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012)
     

     01 March, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in diversity and inclusion.

194. Prioritizing Your Corporate University’s Development
     

     29 February, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     An effective corporate university program can provide a competitive advantage.

195. Where Do SWP Leaders Come From?
     

     28 February, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     Conversations with strategic workforce planning (SWP) executives net insights about the skills and competencies needed to work in this field and the variety of paths that lead to careers as SWP leaders.

196. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Employee Engagement (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2012)
     

     27 February, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in employee engagement.

197. Financial Reporting Challenges for 2012
     

     24 February, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines key messages and disclosure guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to assist public company executives and directors in preparing and reviewing 2012 periodic reports.

198. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     23 February, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Increasing positive trends in the U.S. economy, but can they be sustained?

199. Conference Board Human Capital in Review™: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012)
     

     21 February, 2012 | Human Capital in Review

     The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in strategic workforce planning.

200. Executive Remuneration across Europe: A Handbook of Design, Disclosure, and Enforcement Rules
     

     21 February, 2012 | Book

     This comprehensive Handbook offers a detailed analysis of regulations in Europe regarding remuneration packages, and a comparison across national systems.

201. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     19 February, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     The ECB’s Longer-Term Refinancing Operations (LTROs) helped restore confidence. However, "troubled economies" must address structural and regulatory issues, which we address in this report.

202. 2011 Enterprise Risk Management Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     17 February, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is evolving beyond compliance to become a more integral part of strategy.

203. Issues in Intangibles, Vol. 1, No. 1
     

     16 February, 2012 | Periodical

     This first release in a new series from The Conference Board focuses on intangible assets—why they matter, how they are measured, and their importance to both national economies and individual firms.

204. China Center Dataflash: Beware of the Chinese New Year Effect
     

     16 February, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Dataflash is a brief interpretive summary of China’s official monthly economic data release – February 2012 (January 2012 data)

205. 2011 Human Capital Metrics Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     10 February, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Using statistical, predictive analysis of its human capital is key to helping it create business strategy and make investment decisions.

206. Way Forward: A Primer on Conducting an Independent Investigation
     

     10 February, 2012 | Director Notes

     Internal investigations are an essential response amid allegations of corporate misconduct. This report discusses steps corporate management should take upon learning of such allegations and the decisions that must be made during an investigation.

207. 2011 Organization Design Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     09 February, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     The world is changing at a faster pace than ever. As a result, organizations are being forced to realign their focus and reinvent themselves with changing global landscapes, technologies, priorities, and customer needs.

208. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     27 January, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     The Euro Area looks to be in a mild recession

209. A Perfect Storm: Europe’s Looming Pension Crisis
     

     27 January, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     Europe’s pension crisis stems from three trends: benefits that are no longer supported by employee contributions, the recent recession, and Europe’s aging population.

210. Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 1
     

     26 January, 2012 | Periodical

     This periodical publication offers an expert perspective on the implications of current economic conditions on the labor market, with specific focus on the United States, Europe, and emerging markets.

211. 2011 Strategic Alliances Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     26 January, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     Growing Profitable Strategic Alliances in a Complex Global Economy

212. Corporate Governance Practices for Initial Public Offerings in the United States
     

     25 January, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report examines the corporate governance practices of 50 U.S. companies at the time of their initial public offerings (IPOs) and finds that pressure to update governance practices at larger companies has had a limited effect on IPO-stage companies.

213. China Center LEI Commentary: Moderation in growth looks set to continue, despite the slight LEI uptick in December
     

     21 January, 2012 | China Center Publications

     Interpretive Comments on The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for China. (December 2011 data)

214. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     18 January, 2012 | Economics Watch Reports

     Caution, uncertainty, and volatility underscore 2012

215. Risk Oversight: Should Your Board Have a Separate Risk Committee?
     

     13 January, 2012 | Director Notes

     This report explores the question of whether the board of directors should establish a separate risk committee, including the factors it must consider, and provides examples to clarify the role and responsibility of a separate risk committee.

216. Expanded Liability in Unclaimed Property: Are States Going Too Far?
     

     11 January, 2012 | Council Perspectives

     Aggressive enforcement of unclaimed property laws, along with an expanded definition of what constitutes unclaimed property, is raising the risk profile for organizations.

217. 2011 Senior Sales Executive Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     10 January, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     The role of the sales department has evolved into increasing value for the client through sales enablement. To ensure that your sales team does this as effectively as possible, start by changing how your sales team operates.

218. Sweat the Small Stuff to Improve Your Business Forecasts
     

     09 January, 2012 | Executive Action Report

     While waiting for the clouds to part over worldwide economies, small and midsize businesses can do much to bring greater rigor to their short-term forecasts and eliminate costly errors.

219. 2011 Succession Management Conference KeyNotes Report
     

     06 January, 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

     The 2011 Succession Management Conference: Breaking Through Barriers to Achieve the True Potential of Succession Management

220. Mismatch in the Boardroom
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     All too often, there’s a stature gap between the CEO and other directors, and that gap can seriously hinder boards’ effectiveness.

221. Still Squeezed: Austerity and inequality hold back the global economy
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Bart van Ark, chief economist of The Conference Board, offers an analysis and forecast of the global economy for 2012.

222. Dangerous Terrain: How to manage corporate political spending in a risky new environment
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     With attention focused on the money that SuperPACs are spending to influence election results, companies are likely overlooking their own risks in the new campaign-finance system.

223. Priorities vs. Time: How to regain control of your schedule—and your flow of information
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     No strategy will add hours to the workweek or the ability to work 24/7, and you can’t just offload half your key decisions to someone else. But the chances of success improve greatly with some rethinking of use of time and priorities.

224. Help Is Here: Today’s senior executive needs more than an assistant. He needs a chief of staff.
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Increasingly, senior corporate executives understand the value in creating the position of chief of staff.

225. Unfair Business Practices
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     Perks are extremely visible indicators of who gets and who doesn’t—and how you distribute them can change the entire corporate culture.

226. American Pastoral
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     When companies needed more space, they moved to the suburbs, placing headquarters and R&D facilities in office parks and on lush campuses. But as Louise Mozingo explains, we’re all paying a price now.

227. “What’s the Best Business Book You’ve Read Lately?”
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     TCB Review's annual survey of business-book authors' favorite reads of the past year.

228. A New Order: When revamping your corporate culture, the first rule is to have fewer rules
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     To remain competitive, companies need to make the shift from “manager knows best” to “manager provides the tools and objectives and leaves people to achieve the results.”

229. “Zionist Jews Need to Be Run Out of This Country!” When an employee makes this remark outside of the office, what should a company do?
     

     02 January, 2012 | The Conference Board Review

     YouTube, cable news, and Internet message boards are making it easy for proudly ignorant people to go public with conspiracy theories and racist rants—and they are making life difficult for corporate HR reps who just want everyone to get along.

2011

1. Constructing a Data Set on Labour Composition Change
   

   20 December, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Boele Bonthuis
   December 2011 - EPWP #11 – 04

2. Using the Leading Credit Index^TM to Predict Turning Points in the U.S. Business Cycle
   

   20 December, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Gad Levanon, Jean-Claude Manini, Ataman Ozyildirim, Brian Schaitkin, and Jennelyn Tanchua
   December 2011 - EPWP #11 – 05

3. Comprehensive Benchmark Revisions for The Conference Board Leading Economic Index^® for the United States
   

   20 December, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Gad Levanon, Ataman Ozyildirim, Brian Schaitkin, and Justyna Zabinska
   December 2011 - EPWP #11 – 06

4. 2011 Corporate Security, Business Continuity, and Crisis Management Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   19 December, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

   The 2011 Corporate Security, Business Continuity, and Crisis Management Conference—Ten Years after 9/11: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Headed?

5. On the Level: Strategic Workforce Planning from Micro to Macro
   

   19 December, 2011 | Executive Action Report

   Strategic workforce planning (SWP) can be deployed at an enterprise level to ensure that a company has the right people in place to execute business strategy. It can also be deployed at more micro or macro levels, depending on a company’s needs.

6. Ethics Issues and Programs: The Role of the Board
   

   19 December, 2011 | Research Report

   This report, which is the first released by The Conference Board since 2004 on the subject of director engagement with ethics issues, documents board efforts to deal with the broadening scope of their ethics responsibilities.

7. China Center QuickNote: Returning Home—the conception of the Asian RMB and capital market zone
   

   19 December, 2011 | China Center Publications

   By Ken DeWoskin – Senior Advisor and China CEO Council Program Director, The China Center for Economics and Business

8. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Human Capital Analytics (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011)
   

   14 December, 2011 | Human Capital in Review

   The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in human capital analytics.

9. Board Asia Newsletter
   

   12 December, 2011 | Periodical

   Quarter Three-Four 2011

10. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    12 December, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    U.S. steps up while Europe slips

11. Activism and the Move toward Annual Director Elections
    

    12 December, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report documents the extent to which activism pushes corporations to implement annual elections and compares the influence different forms of activism.

12. Europe’s Great Labor Market Divide
    

    05 December, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    The gulf between the haves and the have nots in Europe will likely continue to put stress on the future of European unity and trigger even more intense debate about the future of the Euro Area itself.

13. 2011 Future Leaders Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    01 December, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

    The 2011 Future Leaders Conference: Rethinking How We Attract, Identify, and Develop High Potential and Next Generation Leadership Talent

14. 2011 Executive Coaching Summit KeyNotes Report
    

    01 December, 2011 | Conference KeyNotes

    The 2011 Executive Coaching Summit: The Presenters Are Legendary; The Lessons Are Leading-Edge

15. Business and Sustainability in China: Company Responses to a National Priority
    

    01 December, 2011 | Research Report

    What actions are companies taking in China to support the country's sustainable development imperatives?

16. CEO Challenge Reflections: How Socio-Economic Change Is Shaping Business Sustainability in China
    

    29 November, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    For CEOs in China, the challenge of sustainability was ranked higher than anywhere else in the world. But how will business meet this challenge?

17. 2011 Corporate Contributions Report
    

    29 November, 2011 | Research Report

    This report is based on the 2011 edition of The Conference Board Corporate Contributions Survey, which gathered data on charitable contributions made by U.S.-based companies in FY2010.

18. Role of the Board in Accelerating the Adoption of Integrated Reporting
    

    28 November, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report examines the concept of integrated reporting and its current state of adoption around the globe.

19. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    21 November, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    Economy on firmer footing, but sentiment still sour

20. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 1, No. 2, 2011)
    

    18 November, 2011 | Human Capital in Review

    The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in talent management.

21. A Hero Lies in You: CEOs Talk about Heroes and Mentors
    

    18 November, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    A series of interviews related to The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2011 makes clear what is highest on the minds of CEOs. Here, they talk about the leaders who have inspired them—and who have served as cautionary figures.

22. Board Evaluation Process in the UK and Selected Continental European Countries
    

    16 November, 2011 | Council Perspectives

    This Council Perspectives examines the differences in practices and requirements between several European countries including the UK regarding board evaluations and individual committee evaluations, and includes samples.

23. Projecting Economic Growth with Growth Accounting Techniques: The Conference Board Global Economic Outlook 2012 Sources and Methods
    

    15 November, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Vivian Chen, Ben Cheng, Gad Levanon, and Bart van Ark
    November 2011 - EPWP #11 – 07

24. Revisiting Justifications for Board Diversity
    

    10 November, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report examines empirical data on board diversity and finds that reliance on the business case has not translated into appreciable gains. As such, it suggests that moral and social rationales be reincorporated into strategies for advancing diversity.

25. StraightTalk^®
    Special Issue for All Members: Global Economic Outlook 2012
    

    08 November, 2011 | StraightTalk®

    From The Conference Board Chief Economist.

26. 2011 U.S. Director Compensation and Board Practices Report
    

    07 November, 2011 | Research Report

    This report analyzes findings from a 2011 survey of 334 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2010 and on board practices.

27. CEO Challenge Reflections: On the Record with Fred Keller
    

    04 November, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    As a follow-up to The Conference Board CEO Challenge™ 2011: Fueling Business Growth with Innovation and Talent and The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2011: Mid-Markets, Fred Keller—CEO of Mich.-based Cascade Engineering—shares his thoughts on the issues.

28. Strategic Workforce Planning Leader's Bookshelf
    

    03 November, 2011 | Research Report

    This report briefly describes more than 40 books and articles, and includes brief summaries and information on the topics covered including their level of complexity.

29. Role of the Board in Fraud Risk Management
    

    28 October, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the role of the board in requiring, overseeing, supporting, and evaluating their organization's fraud risk management program.

30. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    28 October, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    Growth Still Stuck in the Slow Lane

31. Constructing a Price Deflator for R&D: Calculating the Price of Knowledge Investments as a Residual
    

    28 October, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Carol Corrado, Peter Goodridge, and Jonathan Haskel
    October 2011 - EPWP #11 – 03

32. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Diversity & Inclusion (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011)
    

    27 October, 2011 | Human Capital in Review

    The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in diversity and inclusion.

33. Linked World: How ICT Is Transforming Societies, Cultures, and Economies
    

    26 October, 2011 | Research Report

    This report is based on a two-year global research project with the Telefónica Foundation. It aggregates several studies on how information and communication technology has affected societies, economies, cultural relationships, and human interaction.

34. Preparedness in the Private Sector – 2011
    

    25 October, 2011 | Research Report

    This report is based on a survey of executives regarding their companies’ resilience planning and security planning. The survey asked about companies’ levels of physical security, IT security, business continuity, crisis management, and pandemic planning.

35. Excess Pay and the Dodd-Frank Clawback
    

    19 October, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report discusses excess pay’s cost to investors, explains why most existing clawbacks fall short of what Dodd–Frank is likely to require, and offers guidance for boards seeking to minimize excess pay not reached by Dodd–Frank.

36. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Strategic Workforce Planning (Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011)
    

    17 October, 2011 | Human Capital in Review

    The Human Capital in Review series is designed for the busy human capital executive who values filtered and thoughtfully summarized highlights of significant ideas, topics, research, and trends in strategic workforce planning.

37. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
    

    14 October, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    The Debt Crisis and the Risk Of Recession Are Reinforcing Each Other

38. Assessing Pay for Performance
    

    11 October, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report explores five interpretations of the “pay for performance” concept, presents a practical way to measure it, and offers questions for directors to consider to assess and improve pay for performance at their company.

39. Corporate Oversight and Stakeholder Lines of Defense
    

    11 October, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Stakeholders are demanding improved oversight in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. This report presents a model for effective corporate oversight.

40. Human Capital in Asia-Pacific, 2011-2013
    

    07 October, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific region means that companies there are facing challenges in leadership development, talent acquisition, and retention.

41. CEO Challenge Reflections: Talent Matters
    

    07 October, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    While CEOs rank talent as a critical challenge to business success, there is disagreement among human capital professionals when it comes to the strategies that best manage and develop this crucial link in the growth chain.

42. Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 1, No. 1
    

    04 October, 2011 | Periodical

    This periodical publication offers an expert perspective on the implications of current economic conditions on the labor market, with specific focus on the United States, Europe, and emerging markets.

43. Sustainability Matters: Why and How Corporate Boards Should Become Involved
    

    03 October, 2011 | Research Report

    This report highlights issues to consider when approaching the task of overseeing a sustainability strategy.

44. Get Social: A Guide to Creating Your Company's Social Media Strategy
    

    03 October, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Most organizations realize the importance of participating in social media but do not have a formal plan on how to make the most of it. This report discusses specifics and best practices for planning a social media strategy.

45. CEO Challenge Reflections: Social Media Goes to Work
    

    03 October, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    The implications of social media in the workplace—for product development, go-to-market strategies, customer relations, corporate branding, and recruiting—are enormous. Why then are so many senior executives reluctant to take the plunge?

46. Getting to New and Improved
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    The science—yes, science—of innovation.

47. From Like to Love
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    According to Adrian Slywotzky, "very good" isn't good enough anymore—your product needs something extra.

48. New Normal: Acceptable Loss
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Paul B. Brown argues that, when launching new ventures, companies need to rethink risk to account for expected gains and losses.

49. Are You Too Young—or Too Old—to Be a CEO?
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    When looking for a new top executive, the assumption that direct prior experience in a comparable role is a prerequisite to success is just that—an assumption. It’s natural to first look for the obvious candidate, but evidence shows no advantage.

50. No More Year in Paris?
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    In today's corporate world, the traditional long-term international assignment is irrelevant.

51. Getting Past Stupid: Stephen Shapiro explains why efforts to stay ahead will often leave you behind.
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Crowdsourcing consultant Stephen Shapiro argues that most of the things that companies do in the name of innovation actually destroy it.

52. A Closer Look: Reassessing executives' value in a changing economy
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    In this rocky economic landscape, those responsible for assessing and valuing C-suite talent are assessing candidates with fresh eyes.

53. Workspace: 9 to 5 is so last century
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Alison Maitland argues that today's flexible work arrangements should not be mere employee perks.

54. Close the Door
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    What to do when an open-door policy generates too much openness?

55. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: When Equality Doesn't Abolish Unfairness
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    In the absence of major change to the U.S. employer-based health-insurance system, companies should work to optimize a broken system by offering benefits to partnered couples and dependents regardless of state laws or gender.

56. Turf Wars: When rules set "my department" against "our company"
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Parochialism is inevitable within an organization. Here's how to handle it.

57. Who Wants to Be a Manager?
    

    03 October, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Why we promote the wrong people and then complain when they fail.

58. Achieving Resilience: A Systems Approach
    

    30 September, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    A new approach to emergency preparedness is oriented toward systems and seeks resilience based on the realization that it is impossible to protect communities and organizations against crisis in a vacuum.

59. Achieving Resilience: Planning for Flexibility during Crisis
    

    30 September, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Planning and preparation are as essential as ever, but now they must be flexible, incorporating the capacity to respond to unique developments in a crisis.

60. Achieving Resilience: Establishing Networks—Before the Crisis Comes
    

    30 September, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Having a network in place in advance of a crisis can provide a critical boost to achieving resilience.

61. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    30 September, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    We are all in this together

62. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2011: Mid-Market
    

    27 September, 2011 | Research Report

    An analysis of the responses to the 2011 CEO Challenge survey from the 114 U.S. firms with revenues of under $1 billion.

63. Environmental, Health, Safety, and Sustainability Governance: What a Difference a Few Years Can Make
    

    26 September, 2011 | Council Perspectives

    The Chief Environment, Health, and Safety Officers’ Council survey results and analysis underscore a corporate shift of attention to sustainability as a source of business value.

64. 2011 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report
    

    21 September, 2011 | Research Report

    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

65. Volunteering- A New Training and Transition Tool
    

    20 September, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Challenging times call for companies of all sizes to be more creative about how they do business, and how they inspire and motivate their employees.

66. SOP Drives Compensation Program Changes to Enhance Pay/Performance Link
    

    13 September, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report examines recent compensation program changes made by some Fortune 500 companies to enhance the link between pay and performance in preparation for their first say-on-pay votes, and provides recommendations for companies to consider.

67. U.S. Workers Are Delaying Retirement: Who and Why, and Implications for Businesses
    

    09 September, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Gad Levanon and Ben Cheng, September 2011. - EPWP #11 – 02

68. Board Asia Newsletter
    

    06 September, 2011 | Periodical

    Quarter One 2011

69. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: The Culture Myth
    

    01 September, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Laurie Ruettimann makes the case that there's no such thing as a corporate culture.

70. On the Record with Stephanie Hickman Boyse
    

    25 August, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Following The Conference Board CEO Challenge survey, a number of CEOs volunteered to go “on the record” with The Conference Board to share their thoughts and challenges in more depth. This is a Q&A with the CEO of Michigan-based Brazeway.

71. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    23 August, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    Downgrade of U.S. Economic Growth

72. Since the Levees Broke: A Snapshot of New Orleans
    

    17 August, 2011 | Council Perspectives

    Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, and in the years since, corporate contributions have tackled much more than rebuilding—they have also fostered innovation in the underlying issues of health care, education, poverty, and the environment.

73. Integrating Developing Countries into the Global Supply Chain
    

    16 August, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Large and small developing countries have emerged as the new frontiers of the structural change ushered in by the rise of global production and supply networks.

74. Broadening the Base for Strategic Workforce Planning: The Value of Cross-Functional Partnerships
    

    16 August, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    What differentiates leaders who’ve made steady headway with their SWP programs? Often, it’s their ability to partner with other functions and, by doing so, to broaden the base of support for SWP.

75. Separation of Chair & CEO Roles
    

    10 August, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report examines some of the academic literature surrounding the debate of whether to separate the chairman and CEO roles and examines other factors that affect board effectiveness.

76. China Center QuickNote: Planning for opportunities in the event of over-slowing in China
    

    08 August, 2011 | China Center Publications

    By David Hoffman, Vice President and Managing Director of The China Center

77. Making the Business Case for Corporate Philanthropy
    

    01 August, 2011 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the issues surrounding corporate philanthropy and provides practical recommendations to companies and boards for increasing the accountability and transparency of corporate giving programs.

78. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
    

    28 July, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

    Hot temperatures, but cool economy

79. Engaging Business Leaders in Strategic Workforce Planning: A Guide to Effective Conversations
    

    25 July, 2011 | Executive Action Report

    This guide includes basic questions to drive the initial conversation between the strategic workforce planning (SWP) leader and business leaders.

80. A Closer Look at Negative Say-on-Pay Votes During the 2011 Proxy Season
    

    25 July, 2011 | Director Notes

    More than 2,200 Russell 3000 ® Index companies have held say-on-pay votes this annual meeting season. This report analyzes the results of votes held through June 17, 2011, across several metrics.

81. Employee Engagement in a VUCA World: A Review of Current Research and Its Implications
    

    12 July, 2011 | Research Report

    This report combines analysis of some of the most important employee engagement research of today and puts it into perspective for members.

82. Say on Pay in the 2011 Proxy Season: Lessons Learned and Coming Attractions for U.S. Public Companies
    

    12 July, 2011 | Director Notes

    This Director Notes reviews the results of the inaugural season of shareholder advisory votes under the Dodd-Frank Act through June 23, 2011 and offers recommendations for companies to consider in making their compensation and governance decisions.

83. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: Policy and Development of ICT—The Impact of Public and Regulatory Policy on ICT Sector Performance
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Raul L. Katz, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #1

84. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: Mobile Communication and Social Capital in Korea and the U.S.— How Usage Patterns Predict Social, C
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Scott W. Campbell, Nojin Kwak and Richard Ling, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #2

85. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: Who Captures the Benefits of ICT? The Case of Digital Books
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Janet Hao and Randall Weiss, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #3

86. Towards Comprehensive Measurement of ICT’s Impact: Measuring the Impact of ICT on Health Care
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Robbin te Velde, Jesse Bos, and Reg Brennenraedts, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #4

87. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: The Impact of ICT on the Geographic Distribution of Employment
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Vlad Manole and Randall Weiss, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #5

88. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: The Global Broadband Bonus: Broadband Internet’s Impact on Seven Countries
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Shane Greenstein and Ryan McDevitt, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #6

89. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: The Long Tail of Digital Exclusion — A Comparison Between the UK and Chile
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Ellen J. Helsper and Sergio Godoy-Etcheverry, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #7

90. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: Measuring the Impact of ICT on Public Sector Performance
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Robbin te Velde, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #8

91. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: Measuring the Impact of ICT on Education
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Cor-Jan Jager, Jesse Bos, and Robbin te Velde, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #9

92. Impact of ICT on Production of Goods and Services: Towards Comprehensive Measurement of ICT’s Impact: Paying Attention to Society and Culture
    

    12 July, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Katherine Schinasi and Ivy Schultz, July 2011. - ICTLinkedWorld #10

93. Managing Human Capital Risk
    

    11 July, 2011 | Research Report

    This report presents the results of a survey of 161 companies on the state of their human capital risk assessment and management in answer to five key questions.

94. 2011 CEO Succession Report
    

    11 July, 2011 | Research Report

    This report documents and analyzes succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies.

95. Change of Heart
    

    05 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Why is Wal-Mart going green? To save money—and because it’s afraid of teenage girls.

96. How Much Do You Know? Too Much and Not Enough
    

    01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    The most important thing that companies have learned in the past twenty years is that managing knowledge requires knowing more about both knowledge and management than a lot of big firms seem to know.

97. Embracing the Enemy: Why companies need to encourage whistleblowers, not fear them
    

    01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Why do good corporations not try harder to search for and act on information about potential wrongdoing—before someone blows a whistle in public?

98. When a Whistleblower Makes the Call
    

    01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    The ways in which employers show whistleblowers their lack of appreciation.

99. Trouble with Directors
    

    01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Neither inside nor outside directors can adequately represent shareholder interests.

100. What About the Rest of Us? Beyond CEO pay
     

     01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     When it comes to pay, CEO pay gets the lion's share of attention. How we pay all the other corporate executives says much more about issues of compensation.

101. First Customers
     

     01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     In a new market, you need to secure a foothold. World domination can come later.

102. Theory to Practice: The Mismeasure of Management
     

     01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     We require a more humbling recognition of the limits of what we can know.

103. Workspace: Unconscious Biases
     

     01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Columnist Alison Maitland asks: How do you get senior executives to address the impact of their unconscious biases?

104. New Normal: The Surprise Factor
     

     01 July, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Try this approach the next time you encounter something unexpected: Despite how unpleasant it seems, say to yourself, “This is really good news,” and then attempt to make it so.

105. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2012
     

     30 June, 2011 | Research Report

     The latest edition of The Conference Board survey of U.S. salary increase budgets found that these budgets will have a median increase of 3.00 percent in 2011.

106. It’s about Trust and Training: Examining Your Organization’s Internal Coaching Practice
     

     30 June, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     This report discusses ways in which an internal coaching program can provide a cost-effective approach for developing talent, as well as the potential obstacles to success posed by issues of training and trust.

107. Leading Outside—and Inside—the Lines
     

     30 June, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     Drawing on the work of Jon R. Katzenbach and Zia Khan, this Mid-Market Conversation Starter suggests ways in which informal networks can help address business problems.

108. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     29 June, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     Scaling back growth expectations

109. Conference Board Economics Watch^® - European View
     

     28 June, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     The 2011 GDP projection will prove easy to reach. Downside risks exist for 2012.

110. Conference Board Human Capital in Review: Focus on Talent Management (Vol. 1, No. 1 2011)
     

     28 June, 2011 | Human Capital in Review

     This quarterly publication includes short summaries of important talent management research and articles for the busy human capital executive.

111. SEC Enforcement Actions against Outside Directors Offer Reminder for Boards
     

     28 June, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report discusses recent cases in light of the SEC’s historical position on offenses by outside directors and offers recommendations for how board members can mitigate their risks.

112. Sleepless in Delhi: What Keeps Indian HR Executives Awake at Night?
     

     27 June, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     India presents unique business challenges, challenges that a number of human resource executives in India were happy to discuss with The Conference Board.

113. Answering the 2011 CEO Challenge: Accelerating Growth through Quality
     

     13 June, 2011 | Council Perspectives

     This Council Perspective examines the role the quality function can play in meeting the top challenges identified in the latest edition of The Conference Board CEO Challenge™, an annual survey of top executives.

114. Performance 2011: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
     

     07 June, 2011 | Research Report

     This report takes a detailed look at the drivers of output growth, comparing the contributions of labor productivity and employment across years and across more than 100 countries.

115. Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility
     

     06 June, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report documents some of the potential bottom-line benefits to companies of being attentive to CSR: reducing cost and risk, gaining competitive advantage, developing and maintaining legitimacy and reputational capital, and achieving win-win outcomes

116. Outbound Mergers and Acquisitions by Indian Firms
     

     25 May, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report discusses the legal reforms implemented by the government to help facilitate overseas acquisitions by Indian firms, and the regulatory impediments that still exist to mergers and acquisitions by Indian firms.

117. It's Not Just Your Children's Facebook Anymore
     

     20 May, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     Companies that use social media to improve knowledge transfer will see employees benefit from more informed thinking, better ideas, and big steps forward in innovation.

118. U.S. Workers Delaying Retirement: What Businesses Can Learn from the Trends of Who, Where, and Why
     

     19 May, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     U.S. workers have been working longer and retiring later since the mid-1990s, but the Great Recession has put even greater pressure on workers to stay on the job.

119. Does CEO Education Matter?
     

     17 May, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report analyzes data on the education of 1,800 individuals who served as CEOs of Standard & Poor’s Composite 1500 companies to determine the effect of education on CEO turnover and firm performance.

120. Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness
     

     16 May, 2011 | Key Findings

     A survey of The Conference Board paints a detailed picture of how businesses are balancing security, business continuity, and operational risk management as part of governance.

121. Corporate Governance Data
     

     12 May, 2011 | Periodical

122. Where Are the Jobs?
     

     05 May, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     Twenty-one months into the recovery, the U.S. economy has failed to add any jobs despite economic growth.

123. Board Asia Newsletter
     

     04 May, 2011 | Periodical

     Quarter Four 2010

124. Role of CFOs in Material Accounting Manipulations
     

     04 May, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report investigates the factors that may lead a CFO to engage in accounting manipulations.

125. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 3 Q1, 2011)
     

     29 April, 2011 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

     The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

126. Supplier Diversity: Helping to Enhance the Corporate Brand
     

     28 April, 2011 | Council Perspectives

     This Council Perspectives points out how supplier diversity can create a competitive advantage for an organization and encourages leaders to think beyond the function’s traditional role.

127. Competitive Intelligence: A Critical Tool for Innovation
     

     28 April, 2011 | Council Perspectives

     The “next big thing” could hit at any time and revolutionize your industry, leaving you with outdated products, processes, partners, and business models. Competitive intelligence (CI) can provide critical insights into what your competitors are doing.

128. Assessing the Risks of an Economic Downturn in Japan
     

     28 April, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     The earthquakes, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Japan will undoubtedly have a negative effect on Japan’s economy, but there is more to the story.

129. Building Sustainable Integrity into Organizational Strategy and Operations
     

     25 April, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     To protect a company's integrity, there must be a strong ethics, compliance, and integrity program in place—one that is fully integrated into the organization’s mission, strategy, and operations.

130. HR in Asia: Priorities in Compensation and Benefits
     

     22 April, 2011 | Council Perspectives

     Global, standardized compensation and benefit programs help companies achieve consistency and convenience. But companies must strike a balance by delivering programs that are also responsive to the varying needs of their far-flung business units.

131. CEO Challenge 2011: Fueling Business Growth with Innovation and Talent Development
     

     12 April, 2011 | CEO Challenge®

     This year’s report is entirely new and features a fully revised and condensed set of 10 overall challenges (down from 84 in previous surveys) and a more in-depth strategy section that highlights the need for clear organizational alignment, teamwork, and s

132. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     12 April, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     U.S. economy to resume moderate growth

133. Bouncing Back: How Companies Approach Resilience
     

     06 April, 2011 | Research Report

     This report seeks to better grasp the application of resilience to business preparedness.

134. Measuring the Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility
     

     06 April, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report discusses a model for measuring the efficient and effective use of corporate resources allocated to CSR activities.

135. Creating the Bullet-Proof Business Model
     

     05 April, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     Four recent high-profile strategic battles provide lessons for small and midsize companies in how to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their own business model and defend it against challengers.

136. Watch Your Back, Goliath
     

     04 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     How companies of any size can hijack the conversation, fight dirty, and do the unthinkable.

137. Rebranding the Jay-Z Way
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     How to transform "a mediocre product" into an overnight sensation.

138. What's the Story?
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Narrative, character, drama—Peter Guber knows how to get your attention.

139. China Productivity Quarterly
     

     01 April, 2011 | China Center Publications

     This China Center report is the first in a regular series of productivity reports on China from The Conference Board. Our intention is to gradually “peel the onion” on productivity measurement and business issues in China.

140. In Sickness and in Health: Do companies care about their employees' well-being?
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Employers design wellness initiatives to enhance organizational performance and lower costs. Worker well-being is a side effect.

141. Worst Part of the Job
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     No one wants to fire people. That's why managers do it so badly.

142. Science, Philosophy, and Faith: The essence of management is knowing when to apply each.
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     When deciding an issue, all too often the critical discussion is not, “What are the facts?” (science) or, “What do you believe?” (faith) but, “What are your premises?”

143. 27 at Heart: Why Gen Yers shouldn’t write off their boomer co-workers.
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Gen Yers need to get used to the idea of working with a whole lot of people who could be their parents or even grandparents.

144. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Looking for Leaders
     

     01 April, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Not enough HR professionals or senior executives are challenging the status quo by asking whether there really is a skills gap and a leadership deficiency in the global workforce.

145. Conference Board Economics Watch^® China View
     

     01 April, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     Tighter credit and weak consumer confidence, both reactions to high inflation, will probably create a drag on growth for Chinese economy in 2011.

146. Communication Capital, Metcalfe’s Law, and U.S. Productivity Growth
     

     31 March, 2011 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

     by Carol Corrado, March 2011. - EPWP #11 – 01

147. What Board Members Should Know About Communicating CSR
     

     23 March, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report discusses what to communicate (i.e., message content) and where (i.e., message channel), as well as the major factors (internal and external to the organization) that affect the effectiveness of corporate social responsibility communication.

148. Poison Pills in 2011
     

     17 March, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report discusses new trends and provides guidance to boards considering whether to adopt a pill and how to formulate its terms.

149. Corporate Governance and Business Preparedness
     

     17 March, 2011 | Research Report

     A survey of The Conference Board paints a detailed picture of how businesses are balancing security, business continuity, and operational risk management as part of governance.

150. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     08 March, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     U.S. economy continues on a firmer path of expansion

151. Conference Board Economics Watch^® China View
     

     25 February, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     China’s strong growth continues but inflation fears are sparking monetary policy action.

152. Professionalization of Shareholder Activism in France
     

     23 February, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report summarizes notable activism developments in France and examines the phenomenon of professionalization with two recent examples: the Suez-Gaz de France and the Atos Origin cases.

153. Managing Brands in a Topsy-Turvy Marketing Environment
     

     17 February, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     To create excitement for a new brand, or refresh a tired brand, bring together networks of satisfied customers and user groups to share their experiences and generate word-of-mouth.

154. Investing in CSR to Enhance Customer Value
     

     15 February, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report, which is based on the analysis of 163 articles from the most relevant empirical literature on the subject, offers a number of practical recommendations to business leaders embarking in CSR programs for their companies.

155. Converging Physical and Information Security Risk Management
     

     15 February, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     Traditionally, physical and information security have operated in their own silos with separate teams and different risks, processes, and budgets. But risks and threats are evolving and becoming interdependent. As new technologies are adopted in the workp

156. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     09 February, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     Can short-term economic momentum be maintained in the face of strong headwinds?

157. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 2 Q4, 2010)
     

     08 February, 2011 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

     The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

158. Great Recession and Household Savings
     

     07 February, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     During recessions or other periods of economic weakness, when any engine of growth is needed, an increase in the household saving rate could slow the pace of recovery. So what will happen to the saving rate in this critical recovery period?

159. Employers and U.S. Public Education – Facilitating an Open Discussion about the Role of Business in U.S. Public Schools
     

     04 February, 2011 | Council Perspectives

     A guide to be used by employers to discuss with employees why they invest in education and how employees can engage in those programs as well as become better consumers of education.
     Program Inventory 

160. Responding to Hurricanes: Lessons for Emergency Preparedness
     

     03 February, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     This Executive Action includes issues and checklists for companies who are preparing their own response plans.

161. Giving the Working Poor a Working Chance
     

     02 February, 2011 | Council Perspectives

     How can business and the world’s corporations help efforts to alleviate global poverty? And what is the rationale for getting involved?

162. Connecting to Customers
     

     02 February, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Corporate leaders too often keep their distance from the people that are the most important.

163. Right-Sizing Your Board of Directors—A Mid-Market Challenge
     

     28 January, 2011 | Executive Action Report

164. Innovation and Intangible Assets Gaining the Competitive Edge in Economic Recovery
     

     26 January, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     Intangible assets drive innovation and contribute much to a firm’s and a country’s competitive edge in the knowledge economy. It is time for a fresh look at how businesses look at these critical assets.

165. Risk Oversight Practices: Two Success Stories
     

     24 January, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report explains how strong alignment of risk understanding and support from the board has been crucial to each company’s performance in challenging times.

166. Taking Offshoring to the Next Level: The 2009 Offshoring Research Network Corporate Client Survey Report
     

     19 January, 2011 | Research Report

     This report provides an overview of how the practices associated with various forms of outside sourcing have changed over time. For example, it offers evidence of how companies that offshore innovation practices are no longer driven by cost cutting, but b

167. Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2011
     

     14 January, 2011 | Director Notes

     This report highlights a few of the more notable corporate governance issues that boards will face in 2011.

168. Conference Board Economics Watch^® United States View
     

     11 January, 2011 | Economics Watch Reports

     Stimulus will boost economic growth in 2011, but will it carry through to 2012?

169. Lean Six Sigma: Improving Performance of Business Support Functions and Services
     

     06 January, 2011 | Executive Action Report

     This report outlines the application of Lean Six Sigma for enhancing organizational effectiveness and making fact-based decisions that improve customer satisfaction

170. Watch What You Say!
     

     03 January, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Business talk communicates less than you want—and more than you mean.

171. Mismeasure of Work
     

     03 January, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Where performance metrics go wrong.

172. There's a Price to Pay
     

     03 January, 2011 | The Conference Board Review

     Eduardo Porter delves into the price of labor, happiness, products, even life.

2010

1. E-Proxy Reform, Activism, and the Decline in Retail Shareholder Voting
   

   23 December, 2010 | Director Notes

   This report explores issues that have arisen since the introduction of the new electronic forms of delivering voting materials: the observed shareholder response-rate decline and the impact on activism.

2. Board Asia Newsletter
   

   23 December, 2010 | Periodical

   Quarter Three 2010

3. A Brief Overview of Corporate Governance Reforms in India
   

   16 December, 2010 | Director Notes

   This report briefly outlines the process undertaken to reform India’s corporate governance laws. It also provides an overview of Clause 49, the pending corporate governance-related provisions in the Companies Bill, and the MCA’s Corporate Governance Volun

4. Escaping the Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Productivity-Driven Growth and Moderate Spending May Offer a Way Out
   

   14 December, 2010 | Executive Action Report

   Sovereign debt and fiscal deficits are strangling many advanced economies. Policy choices are complex, but there is an escape strategy that does not require draconian budget cuts or risky debt-financed stimulus spending.

5. Private Ordering and Proxy Access Rules: The Case for Prompt Attention
   

   09 December, 2010 | Director Notes

   This report focuses on advance-notice bylaws, director qualification bylaws (such as those setting age standards, term limits, or stock ownership requirements), conduct-of-meeting bylaws, and nominating committee charters.

6. Good Execution Isn't Just Stuff Leaders Delegate
   

   01 December, 2010 | Executive Action Report

   Many CEOs rate consistent execution of their firms' strategic objectives as a major concern. This report examines five critical requirements for good execution that can help CEOs achieve the results they expect.

7. Pay vs. Performance Disclosure: The Case for Prompt Attention
   

   30 November, 2010 | Director Notes

   The subject of pay versus performance disclosure is expected to take center stage in the upcoming proxy season. This report discusses the issues on which board members should promptly focus their attention.

8. Under Pressure The Widening Wage Gap between China's Haves and Have-Nots
   

   19 November, 2010 | Executive Action Report

   Will soaring wages and protesting workers eventually erode one of China's most prominent global economic advantages—its low labor costs?

9. 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report
   

   16 November, 2010 | Research Report

   This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

10. 2010 U.S. Top Executive Compensation Report
    

    16 November, 2010 | Key Findings

    This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

11. Does Your Company Encourage Good Followership?
    

    16 November, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    It may no longer be an insult to be called a great follower. What can organizations do to foster the right attitudes and skills?

12. 2010 Institutional Investment Report: Trends in Asset Allocation and Portfolio Composition
    

    11 November, 2010 | Research Report

    The annual Institutional Investment report provides a comprehensive analysis of the asset growth and portfolio composition of institutional investors operating in the United States.

13. Time to Step Up: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Talent Management
    

    11 November, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report looks at the opportunities and challenges facing the future of talent management and addresses four basic concerns that go the heart of the talent management function's future.

14. Leadership as Performance Art
    

    09 November, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    While acting skills are sometimes useful for leaders of companies, there can be no excuse for dissembling on important cultural values.

15. A Strategic Approach to Growing Talent for Succession
    

    08 November, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This report describes the fundamentals of a successful GTFS (growing talent for succession) culture, and the basic questions companies must ask as they initiate a GTFS plan.

16. Preparing for the 2011 Proxy Season
    

    08 November, 2010 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the major likely characteristics of the 2011 proxy season as well as a number of practical recommendations to help boards take charge of corporate governance, improve communications, and manage relations with shareholders.

17. Best Practices in Managing Information Vendor Portfolios
    

    05 November, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This council perspective outlines a set of best practices to help content managers ensure the organization gets the best value for its investment in licensed information resources.

18. Corporate Misconduct and the Market for Directorships
    

    04 November, 2010 | Director Notes

    This report analyzes the changes in directorships held by outside board members of 113 public companies involved in a shareholder class-action lawsuit alleging the misrepresentation of information to investors.

19. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 2 Q3, 2010)
    

    02 November, 2010 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

    The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

20. Handbook on Corporate Political Activity: Emerging Corporate Governance Issues
    

    01 November, 2010 | Book

    This handbook offers an overview of the legal rules and standard practices related to political activity, as well as a discussion of internal oversight of political spending.

21. Preparedness in the Private Sector - 2010
    

    20 October, 2010 | Research Report

    This report analyzes the findings of a 2010 survey on business security, and compares them to findings from prior surveys in 2007 and 2009. In 2010 a component to measure integration of the security function with enterprise risk management was added.

22. Preparedness in the Private Sector - 2010
    

    20 October, 2010 | Key Findings

    This report analyzes the findings of a 2010 survey on business security, and compares them to findings from prior surveys in 2007 and 2009. In 2010 a component to measure integration of the security function with enterprise risk management was added.

23. Go Where There Be Dragons
    

    19 October, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report draws from the wisdom of 100+ executives on seven of The Conference Board Councils in Europe, the United States and Asia to define the global forces that are redefining the structure of leadership.

24. Growing Talent for Succession
    

    19 October, 2010 | Research Report

    This report is a playbook that explains how every business can lay the foundation for a growing talent (GT) plan.

25. 2010 U.S. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report
    

    18 October, 2010 | Research Report

    The 2010 U.S. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices Report analyzes findings from a survey of 279 corporate secretaries administered by The Conference Board in May and June 2010.

26. Security and Privacy in Cloud Computing
    The European Regulatory Approach
    

    18 October, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Analysts estimate that by 2012 the size of the enterprise cloud computing business may reach $80 billion—about 10 percent of the global information technology service and enterprise software market. Despite the benefits expected from this innovation, comp

27. Retaining Former CEOs on the Board
    

    05 October, 2010 | Director Notes

    What are the costs and benefits of retaining the former CEO on the board? This Director Notes discusses findings from an analysis of the determinants of the company's decision to offer board membership to the departing CEO.

28. Between Utopia and Exploitationville
    

    04 October, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Author Hardy Green explores America's experiment with company towns.

29. Value of Values
    

    01 October, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    John Gerzema explains how consumers have rediscovered what’s really important—and how they’re reshaping the marketplace.

30. India’s Demographic Transition: Boon or Bane? A State-Level Perspective
    

    30 September, 2010 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Utsav Kumar
    September 2010 - EPWP #10 – 03

31. Closing the Gender Gap: A European Perspective on New Approaches to Women’s Leadership
    

    24 September, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Women account for only about 10 percent of board directors in Europe’s top 300 companies and more than two-thirds of the 101 largest firms have no women on their executive committees. With voluntary measures to close the gender gap making little progress,

32. Treating Contingent Workers as a Strategic Resource
    

    16 September, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    While the use of temporary help of all kinds has increased, many companies do not have a centralized framework to make the most cost-efficient and strategic use of this new workforce.

33. Risk Oversight Practices: Insights from Corporate Directors
    

    14 September, 2010 | Director Notes

    This survey based report highlights a set of concrete emerging best practices for Risk Oversight.

34. Role of the Board in Risk Oversight
    

    23 August, 2010 | Director Notes

    This is the first in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure reform.

35. Board Leadership Structure
    

    23 August, 2010 | Director Notes

    This Director Notes is the second in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure

36. Board Diversity and Director Qualifications
    

    23 August, 2010 | Director Notes

    This is the third in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure reform.

37. Compensation-Related Risk and Compensation Consultants
    

    23 August, 2010 | Director Notes

    This is the last in a series of four studies developed in collaboration with Davis Polk & Wardwell to provide guidelines and examples to member companies of The Conference Board on emerging practices following the SEC enhanced disclosure reform.

38. Mind the Gap: Overcoming Organisational Barriers to Develop Inclusive Leaders
    

    23 August, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report looks at the challenges Diversity and Inclusion (D&I),Talent Management, and Leadership Development professionals face in creating a corporate culture that embraces D&I as a core leadership trait, one that permeates functions and business unit

39. Fitting the Work to the Worker: Recruiting, Engaging, and Retaining Employees with Disabilities
    

    19 August, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This year is the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. What are the barriers to and benefits of hiring and retaining people with disabilities?

40. Goals and Incentives for a New Day
    

    17 August, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    With resources scarce and the future uncertain, small and midsize companies are taking advantage of the business lull in 2010 to reset their goals and incentive-reward systems.

41. Opening up to Open Innovation
    

    17 August, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This new Conversation Starter by Howard Muson continues a series of discussions that we have commissioned about the nature of innovation in small- and mid-market firms

42. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 2 Q2, 2010)
    

    16 August, 2010 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

    The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

43. When the Supply Chain Snaps
    

    02 August, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    How Cisco started to get things right after things weren't right from the start.

44. Setting Strategy for Pensions in the U.S. — Tough Choices and No Easy Answers
    

    22 July, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This report, based on discussions at The Conference Board Retirement Roundtable “Sharing Responsibility for Assuring Long-Term Retirement Security” looks at the factors influencing benefit decisions, examines the challenge of making individual responsibil

45. Is Age Really Just a Number? Investigating Approaches to Employee Engagement
    

    15 July, 2010 | Research Report

    Regardless of whether there are too few people or too few jobs, one thing doesn’t change: the need to recruit and retain talent that distinguishes an organization.

46. Is Age Really Just a Number? Investigating Approaches to Employee Engagement
    

    15 July, 2010 | Key Findings

    Regardless of whether there are too few people or too few jobs, one thing doesn’t change: the need to recruit and retain talent that distinguishes an organization.

47. On the Selection of Leading Economic Indicators for China
    

    15 July, 2010 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Bill Adams, Pieter Bottelier, Ataman Ozyildirim, Jing Sima-Friedman, May 2010. - EPWP #10 – 02

48. Know Your Shareholders: The Use of Cash-Settled Equity Derivatives to Hide Corporate Ownership Interests
    

    14 July, 2010 | Director Notes

    Regulators across Europe are increasingly aware of the effects of hidden ownership, where investors use cash-settled equity derivatives to eschew disclosure rules while building up stakes in public corporations.

49. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2011
    

    13 July, 2010 | Research Report

    U.S. salary increase budgets remain historically low—for the second straight year the median increase is 2.5 percent.

50. Security as a Critical Component of Corporate Defense
    

    06 July, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    The board’s primary responsibility is to provide vision, strategic oversight, and support to a corporate defense program designed to safeguard stakeholder interests.

51. Failure Imperative
    

    05 July, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    How to build trust by forgiving mistakes.

52. Worst Thing About Best Practices
    

    01 July, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Companies should look to others' best practices only as a last resort, not as a first idea.

53. Rethink Pink
    

    01 July, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Angela Eikenberry wants companies to stop hawking products in the name of charity.

54. Risk and Security in Corporate Supply Chain Networks: Moving From Operational to Strategic Concern
    

    22 June, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Supply chain risk management is a critical strategic activity that should take center stage in the decision making of any corporation

55. Sustainability in the Boardroom
    

    10 June, 2010 | Director Notes

    Despite formal assignment of responsibilities to top business leaders, many companies still lack the structural framework to enable proper director oversight of corporate sustainability.

56. Euro Area: Looking Through the Turbulence in Financial Markets
    

    07 June, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Despite the overwhelming sense of crisis in the Euro Area, recovery from the global recession is still underway.

57. Supply Chain Benchmarking: Process and Methodology
    

    01 June, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    Supply chain operations within an organization should be constantly reviewed to identify where improvements can be made.

58. Harnessing the Power Within: Using Your Employees to Help Deliver the Brand Promise
    

    27 May, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This report discusses how creating an internal branding model will help employees understand and connect to your core brand, then communicate that brand message to your customers.

59. Strategies for Winning Government Business—and Making It Profitable, Too
    

    29 April, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    How three midsize companies build relationships with federal and state agencies and avoid perils in the contracting process.

60. Examining the Impact of SEC Guidance Changes on CEO Succession Planning
    

    29 April, 2010 | Director Notes

    In late 2009, the SEC made a policy change that effectively removes the defense used by companies reluctant to disclose their CEO succession process to shareholders. The change means a new wave of corporate governance scrutiny.

61. A New Era in Global Anti-Corruption: Governments Get Serious about Enforcement
    

    14 April, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    The year 2010 has seen a surge in FCPA enforcement, producing a buzz among corporate executives that the old ways of doing business with “a wink and a nod” are over.

62. Survival Lessons from Family Businesses
    

    09 April, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    What accounts for the longevity and success over time- of these multi-generational family businesses? A Mid-market Conversation Starter.

63. Up in the Air / Down to Earth
    

    09 April, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Is there a more deflating pronouncement to hear from your boss than "I’m going to start incorporating humor in my staff meetings?" A Mid-market Conversation Starter.

64. Investor Engagement in Europe in the Wake of the Shareholder Rights Directive Implementation
    

    07 April, 2010 | Director Notes

    This report briefly outlines major governance issues that, in light of the new legal and economic environment, the boards of European public companies should consider, especially in connection with their general meetings.

65. Role of Competitive Intelligence in Driving Growth
    

    01 April, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    As companies emerge from a recession mentality they need to start priming for a return to growth

66. Answering the CEO Challenge: How Quality Can Drive Profitable Growth across the Organization
    

    01 April, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    Results of The Conference Board 2010 CEO Challenge survey point to an increased global focus on corporate reputation for quality, one of the original drivers of the quality management movement.

67. What's Your Next Big Thing?
    

    01 April, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Beyond the search for the really cool idea.

68. Shotgun Blues
    

    01 April, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    A scattershot approach to innovation guarantees that you’ll miss the mark most of the time.

69. Nothing to See Here
    

    01 April, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Richard Tedlow explains why so many CEOs refuse to see the truth.

70. Problem With Giving Back
    

    01 April, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    The implication of "giving back to society" is that it’s fine to take whatever you want, for as long as you want, provided that at some stage you get around to handing a bit of it back. How about not taking so much in the first place?

71. Financial Services Offshoring: Moving Toward Fewer Captives and Global Cost Competitiveness
    

    31 March, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Financial services companies show greater interest than other sectors in contracting with large international providers and becoming more cost competitive by moving operations to lower labor cost locations

72. 2010 Executive Coaching Survey
    

    31 March, 2010 | Research Report

    This survey by The Conference Board Council on Executive Coaching focuses on external coaching practices as well as the growing use of internal coaching

73. Increasing U.S. Business Investment in Postsecondary Credentialing for New Workforce Entrants
    

    31 March, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    Can businesses be persuaded to invest in tomorrow's workforce through increased postsecondary credentials?

74. Is the Pressure Easing? The 2010 Philanthropy Agenda
    

    30 March, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    The economic downturn took its toll in the U.S. corporate philanthropy arena but the negative impact seen in 2009 may have reached its peak.

75. 2009 Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report
    

    29 March, 2010 | Research Report

    This report analyzes director compensation and board structures in U.S.-based public companies based on proxy data through May 2009 from 2,436 companies and the results of a 2009 survey of corporate secretaries by The Conference Board.

76. Shareholder Activism Report and Resource Portal
    

    17 March, 2010 | Research Report

    The Shareholder Activism Report provides corporations with the tools required to understand their shareholder base, assess gaps and vulnerabilities that could make the company a target, and ultimately respond to possible requests for change.

77. Labor Market Transitions: from Recession to Recovery
    

    02 March, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This report explores the factors in a recovery that drive the employment level and the unemployment rate. It offers an analysis of where the U.S. labor market stands and where it may be headed.

78. Cracking the Financial Code
    

    01 March, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report is an issue-specific excerpt from Council Perspectives (CP-015) Corporate Brands: Meeting the Challenges of Changing Times.

79. Corporate Brands: Strategies for the New Normal
    

    01 March, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report is an issue-specific excerpt from Council Perspectives (CP-015) Corporate Brands: Meeting the Challenges of Changing Times.

80. Social Media and Word-of-Mouth Marketing
    

    01 March, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    What will the operating landscape - the new normal - look like post-recession? It will be a tougher place to manage a corporate brand. Companies simply won't be able to do things the way they always have. But that may not be such a bad thing.

81. CEO Challenge 2010: Top 10 Challenges
    

    25 February, 2010 | CEO Challenge®

    Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of CEOs, presidents, and chairmen indicate that growth issues will be their top challenges for 2010.

82. Does Your Company Need a "Don’t-Do" List?
    

    24 February, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This Conversation Starter – the first in a new series of short provocative pieces commissioned especially for our mid-market members – suggests some ways that small- and mid-sized businesses can focus better on what really needs to be done.

83. Getting Fit For Leaner Times
    

    24 February, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This Mid-Market Conversation Starter considers the possibility of lateral growth for an entire company.

84. Solving the Customer’s Price Issues.
    

    24 February, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    This Mid-Market Conversation Starter gives you a couple of new perspectives from which to think about solving customer price issues.

85. Reengaging Lost Customers
    

    24 February, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    What can be done to win back customers that have proven loyal in the past and who may account for a significant portion of profits? A Mid-market Conversation Starter.

86. Ready or Not: Companies and the Sustainability Tipping Point
    

    23 February, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    The challenge for companies is how to make sustainability-centric approaches deliver not only on the financial bottom line but also on a broader platform of ecological and social accountabilities and goals that make up the sustainability blend.

87. Directors' Duties under the New SEC Rules on Disclosure Enhancement
    

    17 February, 2010 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the new SEC rules and reform in detail and touches on the implications for boards of directors.

88. Case for Businesses to Invest in Post-Secondary Credentials
    

    06 February, 2010 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Chris Woock, February 2010 . - EPWP #10 – 01

89. Duty to Monitor under Delaware Law: from Caremark to Citigroup
    

    04 February, 2010 | Director Notes

    Have corporate governance laws struck the right balance between risk taking and risk mitigation? This report provides an overview of Delaware law developments on the fiduciary duty to monitor.

90. Corporate Brands: Meeting the Challenges of Changing Times
    

    01 February, 2010 | Council Perspectives

    This report, based on a September 2009 meeting of The Conference Board Council on Corporate Brand Management, discusses the challenges facing the corporate brand and what the new operating landscape—the new normal—will look like once the recession ends.

91. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update
    

    28 January, 2010 | Research Report

    Revised projections for U.S. Salary increase budgets in 2010 have dipped below 3 percent for the first time in more than two decades, barely staying ahead of The Conference Board’s forecasted inflation rate.

92. 2010 Productivity Brief: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
    

    20 January, 2010 | Executive Action Report

    The recession left its mark on global productivity, which fell in 2009. With recovery expected in 2010, advanced economies will see renewed productivity gains but continue to shed workers.

93. From Compliance Governance to Strategic Governance
    

    15 January, 2010 | Director Notes

    With both companies and investors under pressure and looking for redemption, the 2010 annual meeting season will be a shadow referendum on the crisis and an inflection point in the evolution of corporate governance.

94. Directors’ Duties and the Pursuit of Social Investments
    

    14 January, 2010 | Director Notes

    This report examines the implications of sustainability on business corporations and on the body of law that governs them.

95. Identity Recession
    

    14 January, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Why are companies so cautious about rebranding themselves?

96. Strategic Workforce Planning in Global Organizations
    

    11 January, 2010 | Research Report

    This report describes how SWP adds value by helping global companies make better business decisions. It details what it takes for companies to advance from a fledgling effort to a more robust version of SWP.

97. Strategic Workforce Planning in Global Organizations
    

    11 January, 2010 | Key Findings

    This report describes how SWP adds value by helping global companies make better business decisions. It details what it takes for companies to advance from a fledgling effort to a more robust version of SWP.

98. I Can’t Get No...Job Satisfaction, That Is
    

    05 January, 2010 | Research Report

    In the 2009 edition of an annual job satisfaction survey conducted for The Conference Board, only 45 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs

99. Is It the Real Thing?
    

    04 January, 2010 | The Conference Board Review

    Counterfeiting is a bigger problem than you probably think.

100. Diversity and Inclusion: Global Challenges and Opportunities
     

     01 January, 2010 | Council Perspectives

     This report, which is based on a joint meeting of The Conference Board Diversity and Inclusion Councils, offers insights into both the external and internal hurdles companies face when they try to implement a global diversity program.

101. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 2 Q1, 2010)
     

     01 January, 2010 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

     The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

2009

1. A Global Barometer for Measuring Employee Engagement
   

   31 December, 2009 | Research Report

   This report shows that a robust measure of employee engagement can be constructed with just eight basic questions—termed The Conference Board Employee Engagement Barometer.™

2. 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report
   

   23 December, 2009 | Research Report

   This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

3. 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report
   

   23 December, 2009 | Key Findings

   This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.

4. 2009 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   22 December, 2009 | Research Report

   Responses to this year's edition of The Conference Board Annual Survey on Corporate Contributions indicate that for companies for which we have multi-year data, U.S. charitable giving declined in FY 2008, while international giving increased.

5. 2009 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   22 December, 2009 | Key Findings

   Responses to this year's edition of The Conference Board Annual Survey on Corporate Contributions indicate that for companies for which we have multi-year data, U.S. charitable giving declined in FY 2008, while international giving increased.

6. Clearing Paths for Critical Foreign Talent to Work in the United States
   

   17 December, 2009 | Executive Action Report

   The future growth of many smaller businesses may depend upon recruiting highly skilled foreign workers for key jobs. That means becoming better acquainted with the complexities of the immigration code.

7. 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics: Reflections from The Conference Board
   

   08 December, 2009 | Executive Action Report

   This Executive Action report contains insights from expert researchers at The Conference Board that link Elinor Ostrom’s and Oliver Williamson’s work to today’s business concerns.

8. Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making
   

   01 December, 2009 | Key Findings

   Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices

9. Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making
   

   01 December, 2009 | Research Report

   Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices

10. Supplier Diversity in the 21st Century
    

    01 December, 2009 | Council Perspectives

    Today the the main task of supplier diversity executives is ensuring that the organizational commitment remains intact during turbulent economic times.

11. Going Non-traditional to Create a Successful Shared Services Organization
    

    01 December, 2009 | Council Perspectives

    Budget squeezes and demands for even greater cost savings are forcing shared services organizations to look at non-traditional approaches to help hold the line and improve efficiency.

12. Ethics & the Board: Integrating Integrity into Business Strategy
    

    01 December, 2009 | Council Perspectives

    This report provides a 360-degree, high-level overview of "touch points" between issues of business integrity and the role of the governing body of a business.

13. Impact of Workforce Reductions on Layoff “Survivors”
    

    30 November, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action features data on how layoffs were conducted, what support is being offered to employees who are leaving and who are staying, and some write-in comments on how respondents’ roles and companies are changing.

14. Protecting Critical Infrastructure: A Cross-Border Action Plan
    

    30 November, 2009 | Key Findings

    Canada and the United States share more than the longest common national border on the planet: they also share extensive critical infrastructures, such as electrical grids and transportation and communications systems.

15. Social Networking: How Companies Are Using Web 2.0 to Communicate with Employees
    

    30 November, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Companies are revamping their intranets to mirror the function and applications of social networking and they are seeing benefits such as keeping work-related ideas inside company firewalls and increased employee engagement

16. Protecting Critical Infrastructure: A Cross-Border Action Plan
    

    25 November, 2009 | Research Report

    Much of the critical infrastructure on which the citizens of the United States and Canada depend—transportation, energy, and communications systems, among others—exists on both sides of the border.

17. Director Notes: The Role of the Board in Risk Oversight—Adapting to Regulatory Developments and Emerging Practices
    

    20 November, 2009 | Director Notes

    This report highlights a range of considerations for directors as they approach the assessment and oversight of their risk management programs.

18. Evidence-Based Human Resources
    

    16 November, 2009 | Key Findings

    Do people equal profit, and if so, how can companies prove it? Evidence-based human resources (EBHR) provides practitioners with the means to answer these questions.

19. Working at the Intersection of Human Resources, Ethics, and Compliance - The Need for Collaboration
    

    09 October, 2009 | Research Report

    The publication pursues cultural and organizational issues that may limit this collaboration, human resources' potential leadership role, and ways of introducing metrics into the equation.

20. 2009 Institutional Investment Report
    

    06 October, 2009 | Research Report

    The Institutional Investment report, which is released annually in the fall, is the most comprehensive analysis of the asset growth and portfolio composition of institutional investors operating in the United States.

21. Culture Crash
    

    01 October, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    A Lehman Brothers insider reveals why the firm's best traits turned out to be its worst.

22. Need for Speed
    

    01 October, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Can executive decision-making keep up with today's accelerating pace?

23. Recession Lessons for Mid-Market CFOs: Successfully Obtaining Loans in the New World of Credit
    

    30 September, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Even though signs of an economic recovery are emerging, recession challenges and a shutdown of easy credit have changed the lending world for CFOs of small- and mid-sized firms

24. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Leading the Public Company to Full Recovery
    

    25 September, 2009 | Research Report

    The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times offers corporate directors guidance on how to approach their oversight responsibilities during a period of financial distress.

25. Corporate Governance Handbook: Legal Standards and Board Practices (Third Edition)
    

    24 September, 2009 | Book

    Revised in 2009, this handbook presents an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and regulations and the best practices adopted by leading companies.

26. Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation
    

    21 September, 2009 | Research Report

    The Conference Board convened the Task Force on Executive Compensation in March 2009 to address the loss of public trust in the processes for oversight of executive compensation.

27. Building Risk Awareness into Performance: Integrating ERM and Performance Management
    

    15 September, 2009 | Research Report

    This report explores the reasons behind the lack of ERM and performance management integration through an examination of the results of a survey of 97 senior executives.

28. Building Risk Awareness into Performance: Integrating ERM and Performance Management
    

    15 September, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report explores the reasons behind the lack of ERM and performance management integration through an examination of the results of a survey of 97 senior executives.

29. U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010
    

    31 August, 2009 | Research Report

    Salary increase budgets were hit hard in 2009. The good news for 2010 — budgets are projected to be higher. The bad news — the forecasted increase, at 3 percent, is the lowest in 25 years.

30. Will You Want to Hire Your Own Kids? (Will Anybody Else?)
    

    26 August, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Workforce entrants are caught between an educational system that teaches and measures one set of skills and a rapidly evolving workplace that demands another. But who will close the gap?

31. Ill-Prepared U.S. Workforce
    

    26 August, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report raises several questions concerning the overall effectiveness of workforce readiness training programs.

32. Ill-Prepared U.S. Workforce
    

    26 August, 2009 | Research Report

    This report raises several questions concerning the overall effectiveness of workforce readiness training programs.

33. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times... CEO Succession Planning
    

    12 August, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Management succession is one of the most critical strategic risks a corporation faces and a favorite topic of discussion on the role of the board in business crises.

34. Productivity, Performance, and Progress: Germany in International Comparative Perspective
    

    12 August, 2009 | Research Report

    This study argues that the key to a successful and sustainable growth strategy for any time and place is to find the optimal balance between labour productivity growth and labour input growth.

35. Productivity, Performance, and Progress: Germany in International Comparative Perspective
    

    12 August, 2009 | Key Findings

    This study argues that the key to a successful and sustainable growth strategy for any time and place is to find the optimal balance between labour productivity growth and labour input growth.

36. A Perfect Match? How Nonprofits Are Tapping into the Boomer Talent Pool
    

    06 August, 2009 | Research Report

    This report explores the growing trend of nonprofits to recruit boomers and the things both sides need to do to make this very promising relationship work.

37. A Perfect Match? How Nonprofits Are Tapping into the Boomer Talent Pool
    

    06 August, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report explores the growing trend of nonprofits to recruit boomers and the things both sides need to do to make this very promising relationship work.

38. Relieving Pressures to Eliminate Jobs
    

    15 July, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Smaller companies are finding ways to "redeploy" employees rather than lay them off. Three models for surviving recessions without losing your investment in human capital.

39. Implementing Strategic Workforce Planning
    

    30 June, 2009 | Research Report

    This report highlights the implementation process for Strategic Workforce Planning---from simply connecting business strategy and HR strategy to becoming an input to business strategy that informs executive decision making.

40. Frameworks for Integrating Citizenship and Sustainability into Business Strategies and Operations
    

    30 June, 2009 | Research Report

    This report explores the approaches of 11 North American companies with well-established citizenship and sustainability practices.

41. Frameworks for Integrating Citizenship and Sustainability into Business Strategies and Operations
    

    30 June, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report explores the approaches of 11 North American companies with well-established citizenship and sustainability practices.

42. Ethics and Compliance Enforcement Decisions – the Information Gap
    

    30 June, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Senior executives and corporate directors want to know whether companies have "received credit" (i.e., avoided prosecution or obtained sentence reductions) for having effective ethics and compliance programs - but such information is in short supply.

43. Implementing Strategic Workforce Planning
    

    30 June, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report highlights the implementation process for Strategic Workforce Planning---from simply connecting business strategy and HR strategy to becoming an input to business strategy that informs executive decision making.

44. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Responding to Unsolicited Takeover Offers
    

    25 June, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    An overview of issues a board may consider in evaluating its corporation's governance profile, given the potential increase in unsolicited offers in the current market environment.

45. Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite
    

    25 June, 2009 | Research Report

    This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey.

46. Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite
    

    25 June, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey.

47. Evidence-Based Human Resources: A Practitioner's Guide
    

    18 June, 2009 | Research Report

    This guide to Evidence-Based Human Resources provides practitioners with real live examples from early adopters of this innovative approach to human capital management.

48. On the Record with Barry Melancon
    

    15 June, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Barry Melancon, President and CEO of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, discusses some of the successful initiatives that the AICPA has taken to build a strong pipeline for the accounting profession.

49. Mission Accomplished? What Every Leader Should Know about Survivor Syndrome
    

    09 June, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action report explores the concept of "survivor syndrome," how it materializes, and what to do about it.

50. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 1 Q3-4, 2009)
    

    01 June, 2009 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

    The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

51. Shift in U.S. Policy on Climate Change Opens a New Era for Business
    

    28 May, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    It's no longer business as usual when it comes to climate change. A significant change of direction for U.S. regulatory policy on the issue will eventually affect all of business.

52. CEO View . . .Managing through the Global Financial Crisis
    

    26 May, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    CEOs of five of the world's leading companies predict that the current global financial crisis will leave its mark on how business is done in the future. But how, to what degree, and for how long?

53. Waddayaknow? Knowledge Management Can Be an Organization's Key to Survival
    

    21 May, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action report uses three case studies to build a business case for implementing Knowledge Management, and provides tips for making KM work.

54. Key Questions in Pandemic Planning
    

    18 May, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report addresses questions of concern to business managers across sectors, industries, and regions in light of the current resurgence of a global pandemic health threat.

55. Potential Economic Impact of the 2009 A(H1N1) Influenza (Swine Flu) Pandemic
    

    08 May, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    While it's too early to determine the ultimate scope of the A(H1N1) influenza pandemic, a comparison to the 2003 SARS outbreak shows the economic impact may be short-lived and will not significantly alter long-term trends in global macro economic activity

56. Innovation and US Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth
    

    07 May, 2009 | Research Report

    This report takes stock of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. economy, including hurdles to maintaining the nation's leadership position, and recommends some means and methods of overcoming those obstacles.

57. Innovation and US Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth
    

    07 May, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report takes stock of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. economy, including hurdles to maintaining the nation's leadership position, and recommends some means and methods of overcoming those obstacles.

58. A Leadership Prescription for the Future of Quality
    

    06 May, 2009 | Research Report

    This report, created by The Conference Board Quality Council, looks at the future role of quality throughout the enterprise.

59. Action Plans for Dealing With a Global Pandemic
    

    01 May, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report summarizes the business and health lessons from previous epidemics and provides important insights to managers about dealing with today's pandemic-related issues.

60. SWP Quarterly Literature Review for Human Capital Professionals (Vol 1 Q2, 2009)
    

    01 May, 2009 | Strategic Workforce Planning in Review

    The Strategic Workforce Planning Quarterly (SWPQ) is a quarterly review of recent literature related to Strategic Workforce Planning. The articles come from magazines, reports, blogs and other sources. The reviews summarize the main points of each article

61. A Leadership Prescription for the Future of Quality
    

    01 May, 2009 | Council Perspectives

    This report, created by The Conference Board Quality Council, looks at the future role of quality throughout the enterprise.

62. "What Do You Make Here?"
    

    01 May, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    In Chinese import/export, it's all about getting customers in the door.

63. Restoring Quality
    

    01 May, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Subir Chowdhury implores America to change its mindset.

64. Clicking With Customers
    

    01 May, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    There's a difference between online presence and online marketing.

65. Managing Reputation Risk and Reward
    

    20 April, 2009 | Key Findings

    This report examines the challenges companies face as they work to safeguard and enhance their reputations among customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders.

66. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Avoiding Shareholder Activism
    

    15 April, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report provides board members with a checklist of issues they should consider addressing in their relations with shareholders and, in particular, how to avoid a costly and disruptive battle with an activist investor.

67. How to Compete and Win In a Broken Economy
    

    19 March, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    While many small and midsize firms are struggling to survive, stronger companies will find opportunities to improve their competitive position.

68. Managing Reputation Risk and Reward
    

    16 March, 2009 | Research Report

    This report examines the challenges companies face as they work to safeguard and enhance their reputations among customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders.

69. Changing Attitudes to Work - What Should HR Do?
    

    12 March, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Participants at The Conference Board’s European Human Resources Council Summit issue a set of management recommendations to deal with changing work attitudes.

70. Hopeless?
    

    02 March, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    CEO Steve Miller explains the real reason why U.S. automakers are in trouble—and the right way to launch a corporate turnaround.

71. Right, Now
    

    02 March, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    What does it mean to be a good global citizen?

72. Why Are We in Business?
    

    02 March, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Ad man Roy Spence wants to know what your purpose is.

73. Are You Talking to Your People or at Them?
    

    01 March, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Learning to focus both your message and your presentation.

74. Changing Attitudes to Work – What Should HR Do?
    

    01 March, 2009 | Council Perspectives

    Participants at The Conference Board’s European Human Resources Council Summit issue a set of management recommendations to deal with changing work attitudes.

75. Rising Wages: Has China Lost Its Global Labor Advantage?
    

    01 March, 2009 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Dennis Tao Yang, Vivian Chen, Ryan Monarch, March 2009. - EPWP #09 – 03

76. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Internal Investigations
    

    19 February, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report provides boards of directors of SEC-reporting companies with guidance to consider when confronting material evidence of internal misconduct or the prospect of investigations by the federal government or a self-regulatory organization.

77. Tighten Your Supply Chain to Wring Out Costs
    

    28 January, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report features insights and practical advice from corporate executives and supply-chain experts, and helpful suggestions for recruiting logistic specialists.

78. Assessing Offshoring Risks
    

    20 January, 2009 | Research Report

    This report offers an overview of several of the critical issues associated with offshoring, ranging from what to consider during initial planning to oversight of ongoing relationships with vendors.

79. A Crisis of Confidence
    

    12 January, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    Despite ongoing concerns that the current economic crisis could end up resembling The Great Depression, data so far shows that this recession is in far better shape than the circumstances of 1929.

80. All the Options
    

    12 January, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Scenario planning aims to prepare you for your next crisis, whatever it may be.

81. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Assessing Corporate Strategy
    

    08 January, 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report provides U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting companies with a checklist of issues that their board members, in collaboration with top executives, should consider addressing.

82. Cost Competitiveness of the Manufacturing Sector in China and India: An Industry and Regional Perspective
    

    05 January, 2009 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Bart van Ark, Abdul Azeez Erumban, Vivian Chen, Utsav Kumar, January 2009. – EPWP #09 – 02

83. Some Recent Changes in Economic Growth, Cycles and Volatility
    

    04 January, 2009 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Ataman Ozyildirim and Victor Zarnowitz, January 2009. - EPWP #09 – 01

84. Wherefore Art Thou, Brand?
    

    01 January, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Adjusting to marketing's new realities.

85. Brand Evolution
    

    01 January, 2009 | The Conference Board Review

    Signaling dramatic change or keeping it under wraps?

2008

1. Preparedness in the Private Sector
   

   30 December, 2008 | Research Report

   This report offers baseline metrics that are broadly representative of the level of preparedness among U.S. businesses, and are further broken down by size of business, type of ownership, and industry type.

2. Top Executive Compensation in 2008
   

   23 December, 2008 | Research Report

   This annual report provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2008.

3. Top Executive Compensation in 2008 - Key Findings
   

   23 December, 2008 | Key Findings

   This piece summarizes the Top Executive Compensation Report - an annual report which provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2008.

4. 2008 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   17 December, 2008 | Research Report

   This annual survey indicates that charitable giving by companies and corporate foundations grew at a moderate rate in FY 2007 and outpaced corporate profits.

5. Salary Increase Budgets 2009: Financial Crisis Edition
   

   16 December, 2008 | Executive Action Report

   The continuing negative economic growth forecasted well into 2009 is having an impact on compensation decisions in real-time.

6. Accounting for the Knowledge Economy
   

   15 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Charles Hulten, December 2008. - EPWP #08 - 13

7. Entrepreneurs, Inventors and the Growth of the Economy
   

   13 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by William J. Baumol, December 2008. - EPWP #08 - 12

8. Exploring Innovation with Firm Level Data
   

   12 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Samuel Kortum, December 2008. - EPWP #08 - 11

9. Historical Foundations of American Technology
   

   11 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Gavin Wright, December 2008. - EPWP #08 - 10

10. Immigration and Labor Force Trends
    

    10 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by B. Lindsay Lowell, December 2008. - EPWP #08 - 09

11. Innovation as Viewed from Within the Corporation
    

    09 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Jim Lichtenberg and Christopher Woock, December 2008. - EPWP #08 - 08

12. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
    

    09 December, 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

13. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
    

    09 December, 2008 | Key Findings

    This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

14. Technological Change and Earnings Polarization: Implications for Skill Demand and Economic Growth
    

    08 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by David Autor, December 2008. - EPWP #08 – 07

15. dynamics of spatial agglomeration in China: an empirical assessment
    

    05 December, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Ana Isabel Moreno-Monroy, December 2008. - EPWP #08 – 06

16. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Overseeing Risk Management and Executive Compensation
    

    04 December, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This report highlights "pressure points" for boards to consider, including practical actions that can be followed to help ensure directors fully meet their fiduciary responsibilities toward shareholders.

17. How Effective Information Services Can Contribute to the Bottom Line
    

    01 December, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    The five case studies in this report demonstrate how having the right information at the right time and in the right format can create a competitive advantage and help top executives more effectively manage the bottom line.

18. How Effective Information Services Can Contribute to the Bottom Line
    

    01 December, 2008 | Council Perspectives

    The five case studies in this report demonstrate how having the right information at the right time and in the right format can create a competitive advantage and help top executives more effectively manage the bottom line.

19. CEO Challenge 2008: Top 10 Challenges – Financial Crisis Edition
    

    17 November, 2008 | CEO Challenge®

    This special Financial Crisis Edition highlights differences between the original CEO Survey responses and the updated responses, and compares results between the United States, Europe, and Asia.

20. Swimming with the Big Fish
    

    17 November, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action tailored to the needs of Mid-Market members of The Conference Board presents constructive advice for businesses that are competing with or seeking to do business with Fortune 500 companies.

21. Can They Take It? What Happens When Older Employees Work Overtime
    

    12 November, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Overtime is a key to profitability for many employers, and a boost to the paychecks of their employees. But is there a concomitant cost when, as is often the case, senior employees work extra hours?

22. Meeting the Challenges of a Dispersed Workforce: Managing Across Language, Culture, Time and Location
    

    11 November, 2008 | Research Report

    This Working Group Report discusses issues like payoff from effective distance management, and selecting and developing employees for distance work.

23. Meeting the Challenges of a Dispersed Workforce: Managing Across Language, Culture, Time and Location
    

    11 November, 2008 | Key Findings

    This Working Group Report discusses issues like payoff from effective distance management, and selecting and developing employees for distance work.

24. Martin Lindstrom Can Read Your Mind
    

    03 November, 2008 | The Conference Board Review

    Danish marketer Martin Lindstrom explains why we buy what we buy.

25. Can You Gain the Whole World Without Losing Your Soul?
    

    03 November, 2008 | The Conference Board Review

    While supply chains and markets are global as never before, the typical corporate-globalization model remains stubbornly colonial in its ambition and execution as organizations colonize one market at a time.

26. Business Cycles in the Euro Area Defined with Coincident Economic Indicators and Predicted with Leading Economic Indicators
    

    01 November, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Ataman Ozyildirim, Brian Schaitkin, Victor Zarnowitz, November 2008. - EPWP #08 – 04

27. Innovate Today, Grow Tomorrow
    

    31 October, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    In a down economy, companies can't afford to mark time. Three midsize firms are seizing the moment to explore ideas for new products and invent new business models.

28. Managing and Measuring Return on Marketing Investment
    

    24 October, 2008 | Research Report

    This report documents the research findings of The Conference Board's Working Group on Managing and Measuring Return on Marketing Investment (MROI).

29. Precision Marketing: Five Ways to Make Better Marketing Investment Decisions
    

    23 October, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Five principles are presented that can help companies make better marketing decisions by refocusing their concentration and perception of customer behavior — and in some ways redirecting their delivery investments.

30. Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce?
    

    10 October, 2008 | Research Report

    This report presents the results of a survey of executives and school superintendents, and offers an overview of the current efforts both communities are making to encourage creativity in schools and workplaces.

31. Inside the Mind of the CEO: Careful What You Wish For
    

    26 September, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    A look at the issues that are keeping corporate bosses up at night, and insight into how CEOs make the decisions they do.

32. Hedge Fund Activism: Findings and Recommendations for Corporations and Investors
    

    17 September, 2008 | Research Report

    This report contains findings and recommendations of the Research Working Group on Hedge Fund Activism instituted by The Conference Board in May 2007.

33. Hedge Fund Activism: Recommendations for Corporations and Investors
    

    17 September, 2008 | Key Findings

    A report of recommendations to corporate directors, executives, and investment professionals regarding the activist role hedge fund managers have been making.

34. Promoted to Fail? How Executive Coaching Can Improve Performance in Newly Promoted Executives
    

    09 September, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Promotion to a new position with increased, often corporatewide responsibilities can be a tremendous challenge. The following narrative explains how executives in one organization used coaching to prevent a manager from "derailing" in a new position.

35. Huddled Masses? Why Helping Immigrants Helps Companies
    

    08 September, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Immigration is a hot-button issue. When it comes to corporate philanthropy, the target should be immigrant integration. The payoff to both business and society can be handsome.

36. 2008 Institutional Investment Report
    

    02 September, 2008 | Research Report

    This report tracks the influence that major categories of institutional investors have on U.S. equity markets and on the ownership structure of U.S. corporations.

37. Huddled Masses? Why Helping Immigrants Helps Companies
    

    01 September, 2008 | Council Perspectives

    Immigration is a hot-button issue. When it comes to corporate philanthropy, the target should be immigrant integration. The payoff to both business and society can be handsome.

38. Leadership, Governance, and Accountability: A Pathway to a Diverse and Inclusive Organization
    

    25 August, 2008 | Research Report

    This report has profiled organizations that have strategically aligned diversity and inclusion practices with general business goals.

39. On The Record With Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal
    

    21 August, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal, CEO of FEMSA, S.A. de C.V., Monterrey, Mexico, shares his views on the importance of having multicultural and multilingual talent as well as protecting a company's intellectual property.

40. Salary Increase Budgets Holding Steady for 2009
    

    20 August, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Companies are responding to a sluggish economy by remaining disciplined on labor costs. Salary increase budgets for 2008 are below 4 percent and seem destined to remain near that level in 2009.

41. 2008 Executive Coaching Fee Survey
    

    07 August, 2008 | Research Report

    This report offers an analysis of the rates organizations pay for executive coaching services.

42. Bridging the Logistical Divide: Integration of Poor Countries in Global Supply Chains
    

    07 August, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This report analyzes the reasons behind the lagging development of the world's poorest countries and offers some solutions for conquering the divide to help those nations achieve sustainable growth.

43. 2008 Executive Coaching Fee Survey
    

    01 August, 2008 | Council Perspectives

    This report offers an analysis of the rates organizations pay for executive coaching services.

44. Evidence-Based HR in Action
    

    31 July, 2008 | Research Report

    This report provides in-depth case studies from four organizations that employ evidence-based approaches to their human capital management.

45. On the Record with George W. Buckley
    

    31 July, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    The chairman, president, and CEO of 3M Company, discusses how private equity firms and public companies are swapping roles and the increasing importance of close-to-market manufacturing.

46. On The Record with Ivan Seidenberg
    

    31 July, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    The CEO of Verizon Communications, Inc., New York, New York, explains the importance of developing global managerial talent and implementing cost control methods.

47. Profit in Smarter Pricing
    

    23 July, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    While holding the line on prices is a constant battle, small and midsize companies sometimes ignore the positive role that pricing can play as a lever of profit.

48. Bridging the Gaps: How to Transfer Knowledge in Today's Multigenerational Workplace
    

    15 July, 2008 | Research Report

    This report/guide discusses the dynamics of knowledge transfer and explains how to apply any of 15 methods for facilitating the flow of information and insight from those who have it to those who need it.

49. Women's Leadership: Revitalizing Women’s Initiatives
    

    10 July, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Key indicators of gender in the workplace suggest that women's advancement in corporate America has plateaued or even slipped over the past few years. Still, many companies remain committed to initiatives designed to support women in the workplace.

50. Measuring Changes in Competitiveness in Chinese Manufacturing Industries Across Regions in 1995 – 2004: An Unit Labor Cost Approach
    

    07 July, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Vivian W. Chen, Harry X. Wu, Bart van Ark, June 2008. - EPWP #08 – 03

51. On the Record with J. Doug Pruitt
    

    01 July, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    The CEO of Sundt Construction, Tempe, Arizona, explains the importance of managing change, fostering innovation and the need for diversity and multi-generational knowledge sharing in today's competitive business environment.

52. Smart Sourcing: A Boost to Sourcing Value Creation
    

    25 June, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Why do so many sourcing initiatives fail to create the value the organization expected? In many cases, it's because managers lack a true understanding of the resources necessary and the risks that are involved.

53. Intangible Capital and the Market to Book Value Puzzle
    

    20 June, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Charles Hulten and Janet Hao, June 2008. - EPWP #08 – 02

54. On the Record with Jouko Karvinen
    

    17 June, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    In this exclusive in-depth interview, Jouko Karvinen, CEO of Stora Enso, Helsinki Finland, explains the importance of finding qualified managerial talent and planning for management succession.

55. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007
    

    12 June, 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report reflects the changes in director compensation reporting required by the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules of 2006.

56. Growing Beyond Oil: Productivity, Performance, and Progress in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council
    

    11 June, 2008 | Research Report

    This report is part of a major research program on productivity, performance and progress in the Gulf Cooperation Council region which The Conference Board is running in conjunction with Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC).

57. Strategic Human Capital Measures: Orientation, Accountability, and Communication
    

    09 June, 2008 | Research Report

    This report illustrates how companies are employing human capital metrics and the potential impact of these new measurements.

58. Harnessing the Perfect Storm: Business Executives in Mid-Size Companies Are Seizing Green Opportunities
    

    29 May, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Mid-size businesses that may have only considered taking small affordable steps toward energy efficiency or that originally balked at government regulation are actively seeking ways to become environmentally friendly.

59. Shifting the Focus: Updating Your Work-Life Approach to Integrate Employee Engagement and Talent Management
    

    21 May, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    In order to engage and retain employees, companies will need to modernize their work-life approach. This means moving beyond flex-time and taking a holistic approach.

60. Company Approaches to Green Products and Services: What's Working and What's Not
    

    07 May, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    How can companies use the growing customer demand for so-called green products to their business advantage while minimizing financial and reputational risk?

61. Creating a Competency Model for Diversity and Inclusion Practitioners
    

    06 May, 2008 | Research Report

    This report sets out a new and unique competency model for 21st century D&I practioners.

62. Corporate Responses to Humanitarian Disasters: The Mutual Benefits of Private-Humanitarian Cooperation
    

    06 May, 2008 | Research Report

    This report provides a detailed overview of the new model of corporate-humanitarian cooperation.

63. Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity — Key Findings
    

    05 May, 2008 | Key Findings

    This report shines a spotlight on obesity, and offers some solutions, and the potential rewards and risks of taking action.

64. Speaking with Authority—the Case for Teaching English Language Proficiency on the Job
    

    01 May, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    As foreign-born workers become a larger share of the overall U.S. workforce and companies rely more and more on immigrant communities to supply their labor, employers are going to have to deal with language limitations in one way or another.

65. Creating a Competency Model for Diversity and Inclusion Practitioners
    

    01 May, 2008 | Council Perspectives

    This report sets out a new and unique competency model for 21st century D&I practioners.

66. On the Measurement and Analysis of Aggregate Economic Activity for China: The Coincident Economic Indicators Approach
    

    30 April, 2008 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Feng Guo, Ataman Ozyildirim, Victor Zarnowitz, April 2008. - EPWP #08 – 01

67. Coordinating Business Preparedness: Managing Public and Private Efforts
    

    30 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    An effective partnership between the public and private sectors is essential to ensure the resilience of America's critical infrastructure.

68. Benchmarking Business Preparedness: Plans, Procedures, and Implementation of Standards
    

    30 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This report reveals the preparedness and business continuity practices put into place by a wide range of companies.

69. Security Metrics as a Management Tool
    

    30 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Modern security management requires a toolkit of effective metrics to relate security operations to the reduction of risk.

70. 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report - Key Findings
    

    30 April, 2008 | Key Findings

    This piece summarizes the Top Executive Compensation Report - an annual report which provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2006.

71. HR Challenge: Staffing Up to Expand Overseas
    

    30 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    You don't have to be a huge company to establish a presence in foreign markets. You do need to develop global leaders and learn how to recruit local talent.

72. CEO Challenge: Perspectives and Analysis — 2007 Edition
    

    18 April, 2008 | Research Report

    This report offers CEO insights on a wide variety of issues, including seizing opportunities in China and India, current barriers to continuing innovation, and intellectual property issues.

73. Human Resources: Changing to Drive Business Strategy
    

    16 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Huge transformational changes taking place in business have demanded that human resources professionals adapt their strategies and operating procedures.

74. HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
    

    10 April, 2008 | Research Report

    This is a follow-up to The Conference Board's first report on the corporate response to HIV/AIDS published in 1997.

75. Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity
    

    09 April, 2008 | Research Report

    This report shines a spotlight on obesity, and offers some solutions, and the potential rewards and risks of taking action.

76. Capturing Butterflies and Making Them Talk
    

    04 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    This report looks at how to overcome the four critical challenges to transferring knowledge across generations.

77. 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report
    

    04 April, 2008 | Research Report

    This annual report provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2006.

78. Political Money: The Need for Director Oversight
    

    03 April, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Until recently, companies' political expenditures were not fully disclosed and were rarely subject to oversight by boards. The lack of attention that these expenditures normally receive has exposed companies to serious legal and reputation risks.

79. Assessing the Climate for Enterprise Risk Management in India
    

    01 April, 2008 | Research Report

    This report looks at the state of ERM integration in India-based corporations and examines emerging practices in this area by four leading corporations in India.

80. Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce?
    

    31 March, 2008 | Key Findings

    This report provides the results of surveyed public school superintendents and American business executives (employers) asked to identify and compare their views surrounding creativity.

81. Managing Great Expectations: Reshaping Engagement Strategies to Address Stakeholders' Citizenship and Sustainability Concerns
    

    20 March, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    It is critical that a company understand the Citizenship and Sustainability issues relevant to its products, services, and operations, and know how stakeholders perceive its responsiveness to those issues.

82. Allure of Private Equity and Its Impact on Performance Pay in Publicly Held Companies
    

    06 March, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    Despite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, privateequity packages may not help public sector companies win the war for talent.

83. Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
    

    06 March, 2008 | Research Report

    This report is the first comprehensive overview of new data on productivity, growth, and employment trends through 2007 based on The Conference Board's and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre's Total Economy Database.

84. Going Green: Corporate Commitment to Citizenship and Sustainability Issues Takes on a Greater Role
    

    04 March, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    North American companies have placed increased emphasis on corporate citizenship and sustainability issues over the past three years, leading to numerous changes within their organizations.

85. How CEOs Turn Themselves (and Others) into True Leaders
    

    26 February, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    As never before, leaders of small-to-midsize companies must master softer, more intangible skills, such as the capacity to build relationships and maintain a strong culture.

86. Finding the Right Balance: The Risks and Rewards of Third Party Ethics Programs
    

    12 February, 2008 | Research Report

    This survey based report provides findings on company practices regarding compliance and ethics requirements and standards to third parties.

87. Investing in the Future—the Importance of Cross-Sector Partnerships in Improving Workforce Readiness
    

    11 February, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    With talent gaps looming, businesses have a strong incentive to focus on workforce readiness.

88. New Graduates' Workforce Readiness: The Mid-Market Perspective
    

    04 February, 2008 | Research Report

    This report presents a mid-market perspective on the workforce readiness of newly hired high school and college graduates.

89. 2007 Corporate Contributions Report
    

    31 January, 2008 | Research Report

    This report is an annual overview of corporate giving based on information supplied by the largest U.S. corporations.

90. Working at the Intersection of Human Resources and Business Ethics – the Need for Collaboration
    

    29 January, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    When it comes to the implementation of an effective ethics and compliance program, corporate culture, performance incentives, and disciplinary systems must be closely integrated with standard human resources and talent management processes.

91. Can Continuing Changes in Pension Management Provide a Secure Retirement?
    

    29 January, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    With 77 million baby boomers headed for retirement, it's no surprise that nearly every facet of pension plan structure and financial management is being reevaluated.

92. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View
    

    24 January, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it's a sellers' market, virtually anywhere in the world?

93. A Place at the Table: Should the Ethics Function Report to a Company's Highest Authority?
    

    14 January, 2008 | Executive Action Report

    An increasing number of professionals in the ethics field advocate that the chief ethics officer report to a company's highest authority.

94. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View
    

    01 January, 2008 | Council Perspectives

    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it’s a sellers’ market, virtually anywhere in the world?

2007

1. 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings
   

   31 December, 2007 | Executive Action Report

   The Conference Board 2007 Report on Top Executive Compensation—Key Findings indicates that CEOs of the largest companies hold a substantial amount of company stock.

2. Contribution of Restructuring and Reallocation to China's Productivity and Growth
   

   31 December, 2007 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Haiyan Deng, John Haltiwanger, Robert McGuckin, Jianyi Xu, Yaodong Liu, and Yuqi Liu, December 2007. - EPWP #07 – 04

3. Mid-Market CEO Challenge: 2007 Edition
   

   31 December, 2007 | CEO Challenge®

   This survey based report provides an overview of the challenges currently faced by CEOs in the mid-market sector.

4. Evidence-Based Human Resources: A Primer and Summary of Current Literature
   

   28 December, 2007 | Research Report

   This literature review documents the evolution of the field of human resources and advances in techniques and technologies for measuring human capital dynamics.

5. Persistent Business Cycles and High Economic Growth: How to Explain Their Long Concurrence in Modern Capitalism?
   

   27 December, 2007 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Victor Zarnowitz, December 2007. - EPWP #07 – 03

6. Gray Skies, Silver Linings: How Companies Are Forecasting, Managing, and Recruiting a Mature Workforce
   

   13 December, 2007 | Research Report

   Executives in need of frank, bottom-line answers to the questions raised by boomer retirements will find them in this report.

7. Gray Skies, Silver Linings: How Companies Are Forecasting, Managing, and Recruiting a Mature Workforce
   

   13 December, 2007 | Key Findings

   Executives in need of frank, bottom-line answers to the questions raised by boomer retirements will find them in this report.

8. Reputation Risk: A Corporate Governance Perspective
   

   06 December, 2007 | Research Report

   This report is intended to increase the awareness of reputation risk as a corporate governance matter and offer guidance on how corporate boards can approach their fiduciary responsibilities in this area.

9. Innovation, Intangibles and Economic Growth: Towards A Comprehensive Accounting of the Knowledge Economy
   

   05 December, 2007 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

   by Bart van Ark and Charles R. Hulten, December 2007. - EPWP #07 – 02

10. Can China's Growth Trajectory Be Sustained?
    

    03 December, 2007 | Research Report

    This report explores the factors that appear to be driving China's turbo growth and addresses the question of just how long this extraordinary growth can continue.

11. China’s Productivity Boom: The Contribution of Restructuring to Growth and Competitiveness
    

    03 December, 2007 | Research Report

    While Chinese firms still operate at productivity levels well below their foreign counterparts, this report shows that they are making startling progress.

12. Company Focus on the Risk of Third-Party Misconduct — A New Strategic Consideration
    

    30 November, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The need for partners in global markets, and the competitive and external pressures for high standards of business conduct from governments, international organizations, and NGOs are resulting in an increased company focus on third-party business conduct.

13. Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost?
    

    29 November, 2007 | Research Report

    This report is based on detailed analysis of 250 opportunities for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases thought to contribute to global warming.

14. A Marketer's Guide to Discretionary Income
    

    08 November, 2007 | Research Report

    About 73 million households in the United States have some discretionary income at their disposal, up from nearly 57 million in 2002.

15. What Others Think of You Matters: Manage and Boost Your Corporate Reputation Using Social Media
    

    06 November, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Podcasts. Blogs. Virtual Worlds. Today's media landscape is evolving, stretching far beyond traditional radio, television, and print, and the days of managing your company's reputation with just a press release are history.

16. Manufacturing In China Today: Employment And Labor Compensation
    

    05 November, 2007 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Judith Banister, November 2007. - EPWP #07 – 01

17. Step Up to Solutions-Selling
    

    30 October, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Some small and midsize companies are getting organized to sell solutions, not just products. Why aren't all the others?

18. Changing Role of the COO
    Is the Chief Operating Officer Headed for Transformation or Extinction?
    

    18 October, 2007 | Research Report

    Although some studies suggest that the COO position is being eliminated, this new study reveals, instead, that the role is evolving, based on a company's situation.

19. CEO Challenge 2007
    Top 10 Challenges
    

    04 October, 2007 | Research Report

    This survey based report finds execution is taking precedence over profit and top-line growth as a focus for CEOs around the world.

20. Workforce Readiness Initiative
    

    04 October, 2007 | Research Report

    This report is a summary of the key issues and action points that emerged from the Workforce Readiness Initiative Stakeholders Strategy Meeting held June 26–27, 2007 in Washington, D.C.

21. Private Equity: Pirates or Saviors?
    

    26 September, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Every day we read about the latest private equity threat to a corporate icon. Private equity is shaking up sleepy companies and transforming industries all over the world.

22. Building an Ethical Company
    

    24 September, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Whether large, small, or medium-sized, ethics and compliance programs are now essential to a company's DNA.

23. Risky Business
    Is Enterprise Risk Management Losing Ground?
    

    17 September, 2007 | Research Report

    Enterprise risk management continues to be the approach most used by companies wanting a thorough, well-thought out plan to understand and manage risks. But how far are these companies going to integrate risk management throughout their businesses?

24. Meetings: The Biggest Money Pit of Them All
    

    14 September, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The cost of off-site meetings is often grossly underestimated by companies' management, and sometimes it's not even tracked at all. But in this age of Sarbanes-Oxley, boards and shareholders are demanding that unexamined expenditures be accounted for.

25. Where Are the Women Directors?
    

    14 September, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Women are everywhere in corporate America — except on boards. Here's how to change that.

26. When an Employee's Freedom of Religion Crosses Paths with a Company's Interests
    

    10 September, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    As religion increasingly collides with corporate policies and practices, companies are asking what is and isn't permissible behavior — for workers and for themselves.

27. Unlocking Speed and Agility
    

    07 September, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    If mid-market companies want to remain strong competitors and avoid complacency, they need to rediscover the speed and agility they had as start-ups.

28. Connecting Emotions and Personality to Your Corporate Image and Brands
    

    13 August, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    When it comes to building and maintaining a corporate brand, today's democratized market is no place for top-down, hierarchical thinking. In this climate, an authoritative tone is as apt to cause resentment as it is to increase sales.

29. Crafting a Strategy for Virtual Worlds: Eight Questions to Ask
    

    10 August, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Virtual worlds are emerging fast on the business landscape, but few companies have developed a strategy to deal with them. How can you take advantage of this new technology?

30. Growing Globally in an Age of Disruptions — How India's Top Companies Are Meeting the Challenge
    

    24 July, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    What tools do Indian companies with global ambitions need to compete effectively?

31. Global Luxury Market
    

    23 July, 2007 | Research Report

    This report offers a cross-cultural perspective on consumers' attitudes toward luxury and explores how those attitudes influence consumers in different markets.

32. Corporate Governance Handbook 2007: Legal Standards and Board Practices
    

    06 July, 2007 | Book

    This handbook is intended to be an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and rules and the best practices adopted by leading companies.

33. Designing Organizations That Execute New Strategies and Create Capabilities for Change
    

    03 July, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Since organizations are experiencing constant change — driven by today's global and hyper-competitive environment — they need to build an internal design capability to realign organizational components on an almost continuous basis.

34. Corporate Giving Priorities and Challenges in 2007
    

    21 June, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    What are some of the key drivers behind corporate giving programs? A Conference Board survey reveals the priorities and challenges that are affecting corporate philanthropy in 2007.

35. Women and Leadership: Creating Opportunities for Advancement
    

    21 June, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    With smaller numbers of U.S. workers expected during the next decade and increasing numbers of women entering the workforce, more business leaders are realizing that competing globally will require making good use of all their human resources.

36. Finding a Definition of Employee Engagement
    

    19 June, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Executives are beginning to realize that "employee engagement" doesn't mean the same thing to everyone in every company. So what is the proper definition and what does it mean to have an engaged workforce?

37. Brotherly Alliances, Engines of Growth
    

    19 June, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    One of the fastest, least capital-intensive ways for small-to-midsize companies to grow is to connect with a larger, more powerful partner or brand. But how do you find a 'big brother' you can trust?

38. Boomers Are Ready for Nonprofits
    But Are Nonprofits Ready for Them?
    

    11 June, 2007 | Research Report

    This report focuses on the impact the anticipated retirements of baby boomers will have on the stability, growth, and potential of the nonprofit sector in the coming years.

39. Strategic M&A:
    Creating Tools and Capabilities for Successful Integration
    

    29 May, 2007 | Research Report

    This survey based report examines the procedures companies are currently using to pursue their M&A activities.

40. Managing for a Carbon-Concerned Future
    A Decision-Making Framework
    

    10 May, 2007 | Research Report

    This report addresses a subject on which much less has been written — the decision-making process for companies wishing to develop new carbon management approaches and opportunities.

41. Business Benefits of Security: Making the Case in Mid-Market Companies
    

    17 April, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Mid-market companies are coming to the realization that security is best viewed as an investment that increases business value, rather than an expense to be minimized.

42. Middle Managers: Engaging and Enrolling the Biggest Roadblock to Diversity and Inclusion
    

    12 April, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Middle management is essential to the success of any diversity initiative — playing a key role in hiring, development and promotion decisions. But they're often at direct odds with diversity practitioners, who by definition challenge the status quo.

43. Middle Managers: Engaging and Enrolling the Biggest Roadblock to Diversity and Inclusion
    

    01 April, 2007 | Council Perspectives

    Middle management is essential to the success of any diversity initiative – playing a key role in hiring, development and promotion decisions. But they're often at direct odds with diversity practitioners, who by definition challenge the status quo.

44. A View From the Top:
    The Challenge of Building A Global Workforce
    

    29 March, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Last November, a group of CEO panelists discussed the redistribution of jobs outside the United States with both optimism and concern.

45. Phased Retirement after the Pension Protection Act
    

    28 March, 2007 | Research Report

    In this report, two case studies provide examples of phased retirement programs in action.

46. Consumer-Driven Healthcare:
    Current Practices, Future Upgrades
    

    23 March, 2007 | Research Report

    Based on presentations at The Conference Board Consumer-Driven Healthcare Working Group, a review of existing literature, and interviews with employers and health plans, this report summarizes what is currently known about consumer-driven healthcare.

47. Growing a Business Niche by Niche
    

    21 March, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Smaller and midsize companies are often gut-smart about serving a well-defined market segment. They can build on their success by expanding into "the niche next door."

48. Convergence of Principle- and Rule-Based Ethics Programs: An Emerging Global Trend?
    

    14 March, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    There is a growing recognition that principles and rules are both essential elements in an effective ethics and compliance program. What is at stake in the ethics versus compliance debate?

49. Becoming Skilled at Painting with Two Brushes
    

    09 March, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    What are Asian and Western-based companies doing to develop the kinds of leaders that are badly needed in Asia and elsewhere today?

50. Secrets of Midsize Success:
    An Interview with Richard E. Cavanagh
    

    28 February, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Midsize companies are essential to the U.S. economy, both for the products and services they offer and the jobs they provide. They also face a unique set of challenges and opportunities.

51. Risk and Opportunity in the Gathering Climate Change Storm
    

    22 February, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Converging trends and forces are raising the profile of climate change and the need for carbon emissions reduction. Business must prepare to minimize risks and realize the opportunities that are rapidly emerging.

52. Growth in the Middle East Depends on Productivity
    

    20 February, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Can the Middle East and North African region overcome stagnant productivity levels and the lack of a large middle class with spending power?

53. Emerging Governance Practices In Enterprise Risk Management
    

    14 February, 2007 | Research Report

    This report examines how ERM departs from the fragmented and compartmentalized risk management solutions already in place at many organizations.

54. 2007 Institutional Investment Report
    

    09 February, 2007 | Research Report

    This report is widely regarded as the most definitive source of information on U.S. institutional investor ownership and control.

55. How to Make Executive Coaching Work for Your Company and Executives
    

    08 February, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The field of executive coaching continues to evolve today, but in general, successful coaching agreements are based on a high degree of professional integrity on the coach's part, and a coachee willing to embark on the "coaching journey".

56. Citizenship and Sustainability: Doing Good Can Be Good for Business
    

    30 January, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    While they may not be in the public eye as much as their larger counterparts, small and mid-size companies have a lot to gain by expanding their corporate citizenship and sustainability programs.

57. Is ICT's Contribution to Productivity Growth Peaking?
    

    23 January, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    This analysis examines whether information technology can continue to boost productivity growth, among other issues based on this study of productivity and income trends in 40 countries.

58. 2006 Corporate Contributions Report
    

    17 January, 2007 | Research Report

    This report is an annual overview of corporate giving based on information supplied by the largest U.S. corporations.

59. Europe's Progress in Promoting Work-Life and Diversity in the Workplace
    

    12 January, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation now covers all 27 member states of the European Union. This report looks at a series of best practices now being implemented at major companies throughout Europe.

60. Bridging China's Talent Gap
    

    11 January, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Finding talented managers in China is difficult. For multinationals, it is now a challenge not only to recruit the best people, but also to develop and retain them.

61. How Public-Private Partnerships in Education Can Enhance International Business Competitiveness
    

    08 January, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    Roughly three billion new participants are entering the global economic system from countries like Russia, China, India, and Vietnam — increasing risk and competition, as well as opportunity, in this expanded economic universe.

62. Designing the High-Performance Compensation Plan That Works
    

    04 January, 2007 | Executive Action Report

    The latest article of the Mid-Market Trends series shows how smaller and midsize companies are revising their incentive plans, extending them to more employees, and attempting to tie them more closely to strategic objectives.

2006

1. Toward a Framework for Supply Chain Leadership
   

   14 December, 2006 | Executive Action Report

   With no management framework to effectively guide the implementation of Supply Chain Leadership programs, it has largely been a learn-as-you-go endeavor, with many companies learning the same lessons, over and over again.

2. Soft Law and Ethics Programs: The Expanding Role for Company Attorneys
   

   07 December, 2006 | Executive Action Report

   This Executive Action explores "soft law" issues and how they have created a new role — and new dilemmas — for lawyers.

3. Faith at Work: What Does It Mean to Be a “Faith-Friendly” Company?
   

   27 November, 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Though in its early stages, the "faith-at-work movement" is demanding serious attention from employers. How companies frame their response will determine if the issue becomes a legal minefield or a source of competitive advantage.

4. Resisting Corruption
   How Company Programs Are Changing
   

   13 November, 2006 | Research Report

   This survey based report offers solutions for developing effective anti-corruption systems.

5. Reward Trumps Risk: How Business Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Are Changing
   

   09 November, 2006 | Executive Action Report

   While companies see more potential reward than risk when it comes to corporate citizenship and sustainability (CC&S) issues, they are clearly struggling to find concrete ways to capitalize on their programs in the marketplace.

6. Employee Engagement
   A Review of Current Research and Its Implications
   

   09 November, 2006 | Research Report

   This literature review summarizes what is known on the topic of "Employee Engagement" and what companies can do to foster true engagement in the workplace.

7. Role of Business in Society
   An Agenda for Action
   

   05 November, 2006 | Research Report

   This report explores why the role of business in society is on the agenda of the Chief Executive and Board of leading international companies and what they can do about it.

8. Faith at Work: What Does It Mean to Be a “Faith-Friendly” Company?
   

   01 November, 2006 | Council Perspectives

   Though in its early stages, the "faith-at-work movement" is demanding serious attention from employers. How companies frame their response will determine if the issue becomes a legal minefield or a source of competitive advantage.

9. Stopping the Profit Drain from Higher Energy Costs
   

   26 October, 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Corporate America can expect little respite from soaring — and volatile — energy prices. Smaller companies can protect profits by strengthening the ways they manage energy use.

10. Navigating Risk — The Business Case for Security
    

    25 October, 2006 | Research Report

    This report details survey results, regarding managing and mitigating risk, of 213 senior corporate executives working for a broad range of companies.

11. 2006 Top Executive Compensation Report
    

    19 October, 2006 | Research Report

    This annual report provides an analysis of the compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 3,075 publicly traded firms in 14 major industry categories in 2005.

12. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2006
    

    19 October, 2006 | Research Report

    This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2006 in 402 companies in three major industry sectors.

13. Carbon Footprint a Growing Management Concern
    

    17 October, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Companies are increasingly focusing on greenhouse gases and their implications for business. Based on 2006 survey results from the research project "Managing for a Carbon-Concerned Future: Obligation or Opportunity?"

14. Leadership Challenges for Indian Companies
    

    17 October, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Tomorrow's Indian business leaders must be master strategists, able to manage change as well as relationships and networks, and perhaps most importantly demonstrate the ability to develop new leaders.

15. Are They Really Ready to Work?
    

    02 October, 2006 | Research Report

    This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives.

16. Competitive Advantage of “Low-Wage” Countries Often Exaggerated
    

    02 October, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    When adjusting wages for productivity, the cost advantage to companies of "low-wage" countries and regions such as China, India, Mexico, or Central and Eastern Europe over North America and Western Europe is smaller than you think.

17. Philanthropy at Mid-Market Firms: It Pays to Be Creative
    

    28 September, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    With a little creativity, midsize companies can make their philanthropic activities stand out, not only providing a wealth of assistance to those in need, but also strengthening their organizations at the same time.

18. Pandemic Preparedness: Frequently Asked Questions
    

    26 September, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    The Conference Board has presented a number of programs to help businesses better prepare for and understand the challenges posed by an avian flu or other human influenza pandemic. Here we address the recurring questions elicited by these programs.

19. Global Talent Management: How Businesses Attract, Develop, and Retain the Best
    

    19 September, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    As baby boomers head towards retirement and birth rates decline globally, how will companies handle the available talent pool shrinking?

20. Universal Conduct: An Ethics and Compliance Benchmarking Survey
    

    15 September, 2006 | Research Report

    This study documents the efforts of 225 companies to design, implement and monitor their compliance and risk assessment programs for effectiveness.

21. Growing the New Business Leader
    

    14 September, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Are companies doing enough to anticipate their future leadership requirements? Are they instilling the right experiences and skills for the future in their talent of today?

22. Ethics Programs and Practices: A 20-Year Retrospective
    

    05 September, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Taking an overview of corporate ethics codes in the past 20 years, this report finds that such codes are becoming more detailed and precise.

23. How to Hire Top Performers
    (Hint: They Already Have Jobs)
    

    10 August, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Smaller companies don’t have to settle for less. Get an edge in the talent wars with shrewd targeting and robust retention strategies.

24. Strategic Workforce Planning
    Forecasting Human Capital Needs to Execute Business Strategy
    

    07 August, 2006 | Research Report

    This report is the culmination of presentations by workforce planning thought leaders and best practice organizations, a literature review, and company interviews of 20 companies, from which nine were chosen for detailed case studies.

25. Building a World-Class Workforce:
    Two Case Studies
    

    26 July, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    This report details how Rockwell Collins and PricewaterhouseCoopers are innovating recruitment and retention strategies to ensure a skilled, motivated, and diverse workforce.

26. Are Businesses Doing Enough To Prepare for a Pandemic?
    

    05 July, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    As the effectiveness of a world response to any pandemic depends upon the quality of advance preparations, this research seeks to clarify the role business plays.

27. Nuts and Bolts of Execution: Putting Ideas to Work
    

    30 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    How do mid-market companies take great vision and make it a reality?

28. Role of U.S. Corporate Boards in Enterprise Risk Management
    

    29 June, 2006 | Research Report

    The Conference Board with McKinsey & Company and KPMG's Audit Committee Institute conducted research on the role of U.S. corporate boards in Enterprise Risk Management; the findings are reported here.

29. Women of Color: Strategies for Leadership Success
    

    29 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action report offers some strategies for personal success for women of color.

30. Threat, Vulnerability, and Consequence: A Framework for Managing Security
    

    29 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    This Executive Action report examines the specification of risk and its application to a commonly employed analytic tool, the Security Risk Equation.

31. Making the Business Case for Security
    

    27 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    A survey of corporate decision-makers by The Conference Board and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security finds that executives give most weight to security concerns on issues of operational risk, such as compliance and certification.

32. On the Record With.... Dr. Gerhard Cromme
    

    26 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    An exclusive in-depth interview with Dr. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf, Germany.

33. Salary Budgets Holding Steady
    

    21 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    A survey of HR executives of 441 companies reveals pay increases for most salaried workers will average only 3.5 percent this year and stay at that level through 2007.

34. On the Record With.... Dr. Stephanie A. Burns
    

    15 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    In this exclusive in-depth interview, Dow Corning President and CEO Dr Stephanie A. Burns, explains why the notion of an innovative organization must extend far beyond the development of new products into processes and strategy.

35. Maximizing Rotational Assignments: A Handbook for Human Resources Executives
    

    14 June, 2006 | Research Report

    This handbook explores the dynamics at play in identifying and executing business unit, geographic, and staff-line rotations.

36. Growing a Family Company: An Exercise in Patience
    

    07 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    In order to survive, many smaller and mid-sized companies are being forced to grow. But to grow successfully, they will have to re-examine old attitudes and junk outdated business models.

37. On the Record With.... Sajjan Jindal
    

    05 June, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel, Ltd.; Mumbai, India, explains his philosophy for corporate success, particularly the importance of maintaining a long-term business view in the face of short-term pressure.

38. Europe's Productivity Gap: Catching Up or Getting Stuck?
    

    05 June, 2006 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Bart Van Ark, June 2006. - EPWP #06 - 02

39. CEO Challenge 2006: Perspectives & Analysis
    

    01 June, 2006 | CEO Challenge®

    Summary and analysis of findings from this year's CEO Challenge Survey.

40. Appendices to "Internationally Comparable Science, Technology and Competitiveness Indicators"
    

    01 June, 2006 | Economics Program Working Paper Series

    by Robert H. McGuckin, Bart van Ark, Sean M. Dougherty and Robert Inklaar, May 2006. - EPWP #06 – 01

41. Safety, Health and Environmental Management Excellence Yields Business Benefit
    

    30 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    This report highlights the Environmental Health & Safety programs of two recent winners of The Robert W. Campbell Award.

42. On the Record With.... Bertrand Collomb
    

    23 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    An in-depth interview with Bertrand Collomb, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lafarge, France, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future.

43. Are They Really Ready To Work?
    

    22 May, 2006 | Key Findings

    This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives.

44. Management’s Great Addiction
    

    18 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Corporations are obsessed with numbers. Isn't it time we recognize that we can’t measure everything?

45. Irresolute American
    

    17 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    The bold face Americans put on in the marketplace is quite different than the one they have in the workplace. Are Americans working in fear?

46. On the Record With.... Lim Chee-Onn
    

    15 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    An in-depth interview with Lim Chee-Onn, Executive Chairman, Keppel Corporation, Ltd., Singapore, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future.

47. Mid-Market CEO Challenge 2006
    

    15 May, 2006 | Research Report

    This survey based report highlights the most important issues confronting over 250 CEOs of U.S. mid-market companies.

48. Philanthropy and Business: The Changing Agenda
    

    12 May, 2006 | Research Report

    This survey based report reveals how corporate giving and philanthropic programs determine their issue and topic strategies and how these change or stay the same over time.

49. Overcoming the Barriers to a Successful Cross-Sector Partnership
    

    11 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Businesses and humanitarian organizations are utilizing partnerships to become more efficient in dealing with disaster responses and aid distribution. What barriers need to be overcome to make these partnerships work more easily?

50. Is Avian Flu the Next Y2K? Can We Afford To Think So?
    

    02 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Coping with a potential pandemic requires a different approach to continuity planning. Is your company preparing properly?

51. Age and Opportunity: Plan Strategically to Get the Most Out of a Maturing Workforce
    

    01 May, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    If baby boomers retire as expected, there won't be enough people to do the work. Is it time for your company to panic?

52. Cutting Healthcare Costs: Options for Mid-Market Firms
    

    25 April, 2006 | Research Report

    This report explores some new healthcare cost cutting options through the experiences of five mid-market companies.

53. Cultural Resistance to Whistleblowing Systems—Myth or Reality?
    

    17 April, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Americans may think that whistleblowing systems don't work abroad because workers and governments don't want them. But they can work, and new conversations explore some of the challenges of taking the concept abroad.

54. Revisiting Stock Market Short-Termism
    

    03 April, 2006 | Research Report

    This report represents a unique consensus achieved at the Corporate/Investor Summit on stock market short-termism.

55. Age and Opportunity: Plan Strategically to Get the Most Out of a Maturing Workforce
    

    01 April, 2006 | Council Perspectives

    The trend numbers are enough to frighten even the most stoic CEO. In a nutshell: if boomers retire as expected, there won’t be enough people to do the work. But companies can plan their way out of the worst and gain a competitive advantage too

56. Leadership Development in Asia-Pacific: Identifying and Developing Leaders for Growth
    

    28 March, 2006 | Research Report

    This report is based on The Conference Board Working Group on Leadership Development in Asia-Pacific, a survey of 55 organizations, and The 2005 Asia-Pacific Leadership Development Conference held in June 2005.

57. Hispanics in the Workplace: Building Meaningful Diversity
    

    27 March, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    This report explores current conditions and anticipated changes in both the overall Hispanic community and the Mexican, Central and South American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Hispanic populations.

58. Challenge of Meeting Public Expectations on Sustainable Development
    

    16 March, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Industries that are perceived to be a risk to health, safety, and the environment are adopting new approaches to relieve public concerns regarding their new developments and products.

59. What's in a Day's Pay? SEC Proposes New Rules for Disclosing Executive Compensation
    

    23 February, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Proxy statements will include more information — and more transparency. The impact on executive pay, companies and stockholders is less certain.

60. Business Case for Diversity: Good Practices in the Workplace
    

    22 February, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    What do case studies tell us about the impact of diversity in the workplace?

61. A Strategic Approach to Security: Compliance, Certification, and Competitive Advantage
    

    13 February, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Should companies be viewing security as a strategic tool for anticipating and managing risk?

62. Strengthening Corporate Governance: A New Age of Entrepreneurship in India
    

    10 February, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    How is India benefiting from coming late to the game of developing globally accepted corporate governance standards? By reaping the results of years of experimentation and trial and error by others.

63. Preparing for the Worst: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning for Mid-Markets
    

    09 February, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Why are smaller companies creating disaster survival plans? Because regulators, investors, and customers are demanding they do so.

64. Evolving Relationship Between Compensation Committees and Consultants
    

    30 January, 2006 | Research Report

    This report traces the development of “best practices” for compensation committees, particularly with respect to processes required to choose and employ outside consultants.

65. What Do We Really Know about Effective Leadership in Change Management?
    

    26 January, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    While the need for effective leadership is seen to be one of growing importance, the means to achieve it are far from clear. So where does one turn for guidance, and where do efforts get focused?

66. Are You In or Out? In-House vs. Outside Counsel
    

    20 January, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Some companies use outside counsel, but many small and midsize companies have made the switch to in-house counsel to combat their ballooning fees. What is the right move for your company?

67. Diversity and Profitability: Making the Connections
    

    05 January, 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Demographic changes in Europe, combined with government regulations, are putting pressure on companies to increase the diversity of their workforces.

2005

1. Incredible Shrinking Corporation
   

   15 December, 2005 | Executive Action Report

   In trying to please Wall Street, companies have starved themselves nearly to death.

2. 2005 Corporate Contributions Report
   

   14 December, 2005 | Research Report

   An analysis of the giving patterns of 189 major corporations in 2004.

3. Looking for Employees in All the Right Places
   

   13 December, 2005 | Executive Action Report

   The buzz may be about the Internet and job boards, but recruiters shouldn’t write off that old stand-by—newspaper help-wanted print advertising.

4. Globalization: Will Your Company Be Left Standing?
   

   06 December, 2005 | Executive Action Report

   New market realities may compel mid-market companies to adopt a business model that powers growth through product innovation, as well as improved operational effectiveness.

5. Making It in Manufacturing: Becoming Lean to Compete Globally
   

   06 December, 2005 | Executive Action Report

   What are some steps companies in higher-wage countries can take to remain competitive globally?