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CEO Challenge®

  1. CEO Challenge 2008: Top 10 Challenges – Financial Crisis Edition
    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. (CEO Challenge®, November 2008)
  2. CEO Challenge 2010: Top 10 Challenges

    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.

    (CEO Challenge®, February 2010)
  3. CEO Challenge 2011: Fueling Business Growth with Innovation and Talent Development
    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 (CEO Challenge®, April 2011)
  4. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World
    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. (CEO Challenge®, March 2012)
  5. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013 Summary Report: Countering the Global Slowdown
    Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of business leaders by The Conference Board indicate a focus on internal challenges. (CEO Challenge®, January 2013)

Council Perspectives

  1. Giving the Working Poor a Working Chance
    How can business and the world’s corporations help efforts to alleviate global poverty? And what is the rationale for getting involved? (Council Perspectives, February 2011)
  2. Talent Management Tomorrow: Seeing Around the Corner to Meet Strategic Business Needs
    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. (Council Perspectives, September 2012)
  3. Water Worries: How Incorporating Long-Term Risk into Strategic Planning Pays Off
    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. (Council Perspectives, June 2012)

Director Notes

  1. Communication Patterns of Corporate Social Responsibility within and across Industries
    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. (Director Notes, April 2012)
  2. Outbound Mergers and Acquisitions by Indian Firms
    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. (Director Notes, May 2011)

Economics Program Working Paper Series

  1. Comprehensive Benchmark Revisions for The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for the United States
    by Gad Levanon, Ataman Ozyildirim, Brian Schaitkin, and Justyna Zabinska
    December 2011 - EPWP #11 – 06 (Economics Program Working Paper Series, December 2011)
  2. Constructing a Data Set on Labour Composition Change
    by Boele Bonthuis
    December 2011 - EPWP #11 – 04 (Economics Program Working Paper Series, December 2011)
  3. Projecting Economic Growth with Growth Accounting Techniques: The Conference Board Global Economic Outlook 2012 Sources and Methods
    by Vivian Chen, Ben Cheng, Gad Levanon, and Bart van Ark
    November 2011 - EPWP #11 – 07 (Economics Program Working Paper Series, November 2011)
  4. Projecting Global Growth
    by Vivian Chen, Ben Cheng, Gad Levanon, Ataman Ozyildirim and Bart van Ark
    November 2012 - EPWP #12 – 02 (Economics Program Working Paper Series, November 2012)
  5. Using the Leading Credit IndexTM to Predict Turning Points in the U.S. Business Cycle
    by Gad Levanon, Jean-Claude Manini, Ataman Ozyildirim, Brian Schaitkin, and Jennelyn Tanchua
    December 2011 - EPWP #11 – 05 (Economics Program Working Paper Series, December 2011)

Executive Action Report

  1. 2010 Productivity Brief: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
    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. (Executive Action Report, January 2010)
  2. Addressing the Talent Shortage in China and India: Leveraging Women in the Workforce
    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. (Executive Action Report, January 2013)
  3. Bridging the Logistical Divide: Integration of Poor Countries in Global Supply Chains
    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. (Executive Action Report, August 2008)
  4. CEO Challenge Reflections: Human Capital Practitioners Respond
    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. (Executive Action Report, September 2012)
  5. Compensation & Benefits: A Global View
    What are the most effective strategies for recruiting and retaining high-performing talent when it's a sellers' market, virtually anywhere in the world? (Executive Action Report, January 2008)
  6. Going Global: Challenges for Indian Business
    At The Conference Board 2005 Global Leadership Development Conference a number of top Indian CEOs shared their experiences as emerging global leaders in the business marketplace. This piece highlights some of the key discussion points from said meeting. (Executive Action Report, June 2005)
  7. Growing Globally in an Age of Disruptions — How India's Top Companies Are Meeting the Challenge
    What tools do Indian companies with global ambitions need to compete effectively? (Executive Action Report, July 2007)
  8. Integrating Developing Countries into the Global Supply Chain
    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. (Executive Action Report, August 2011)
  9. Leadership Challenges for Indian Companies
    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. (Executive Action Report, October 2006)
  10. On the Record With.... Sajjan Jindal
    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. (Executive Action Report, June 2006)
  11. Shifts in the Supply Chain Equation Provide Opportunities for Mid-Market Companies—and Concerns
    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. (Executive Action Report, April 2013)
  12. Sleepless in Delhi: What Keeps Indian HR Executives Awake at Night?
    India presents unique business challenges, challenges that a number of human resource executives in India were happy to discuss with The Conference Board. (Executive Action Report, June 2011)
  13. Strengthening Corporate Governance: A New Age of Entrepreneurship in India
    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. (Executive Action Report, February 2006)

Human Capital in Review

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

Key Findings

  1. Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making
    Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices (Key Findings, December 2009)
  2. Strategic Workforce Planning in Global Organizations
    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. (Key Findings, January 2010)

Periodical

  1. Board Asia Newsletter
    Quarter Four 2012 (Periodical, November 2012)
  2. Board Asia Newsletter
    Quarter One 2012 (Periodical, March 2012)
  3. Board Asia Newsletter
    Quarter One 2013 (Periodical, April 2013)
  4. Board Asia Newsletter
    Quarter Three 2012 (Periodical, September 2012)
  5. Board Asia Newsletter
    Quarter Two 2012 (Periodical, July 2012)
  6. Conference Board Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012
    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. (Periodical, December 2012)
  7. Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 1, No. 1
    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. (Periodical, October 2011)
  8. Conference Board® Labor Markets in Review™: Vol. 2, No. 2
    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. (Periodical, July 2012)

PowerPoint

  1. CEO Challenge 2011: Fueling Business Growth with Innovation and Talent Development
    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. (PowerPoint, April 2011)
  2. Corporate Governance Debate in India … Challenges for Global Transition
    India has many issues to deal with. In a period of rapidly growing business what steps can India take to ensure proper corporate governance strategy? (PowerPoint, January 2006)

Research Report

  1. Assessing the Climate for Enterprise Risk Management in India
    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. (Research Report, April 2008)
  2. CEO Challenge 2007
    Top 10 Challenges
    This survey based report finds execution is taking precedence over profit and top-line growth as a focus for CEOs around the world. (Research Report, October 2007)
  3. CEO Challenge: Perspectives and Analysis — 2007 Edition
    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. (Research Report, April 2008)
  4. China’s Experience with Productivity and Jobs
    China has undergone extensive industrial restructuring. While these changes have led to enormous productivity gains, they are also closely linked to the rapid loss of manufacturing jobs. (Research Report, June 2004)
  5. Corporate Philanthropy with a Global Footprint
    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. (Research Report, March 2013)
  6. Employee Engagement: What Works Now?
    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. (Research Report, December 2012)
  7. Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making
    Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices (Research Report, December 2009)
  8. Giving in Numbers: 2012 Edition
    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. (Research Report, June 2012)
  9. Growing Beyond Oil: Productivity, Performance, and Progress in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council
    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). (Research Report, June 2008)
  10. Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite
    This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey. (Research Report, June 2009)
  11. Performance 2008: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
    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. (Research Report, March 2008)
  12. Performance 2011: Productivity, Employment, and Growth in the World's Economies
    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. (Research Report, June 2011)
  13. Reading the Tea Leaves: The Impact of China's Twelfth Five-Year Plan on Human Capital Challenges
    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. (Research Report, November 2012)
  14. Regional Headquarters: Roles and Organization
    This report examines a number of issues that are central to the existence and management of a regional organization and its headquarters in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. (Research Report, May 2003)
  15. Safeguarding Intellectual Property and Addressing Corruption in the Global Supply Chain
    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. (Research Report, December 2012)
  16. State of Human Capital 2012: False Summit
    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. (Research Report, October 2012)
  17. Strategic Workforce Planning across National Borders
    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. (Research Report, July 2012)
  18. Strategic Workforce Planning in Global Organizations
    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. (Research Report, January 2010)
  19. Sustainability Practices: 2012 Edition
    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. (Research Report, July 2012)

StraightTalk®

  1. StraightTalk®
    Global Economic Outlook 2013: Is the global economic speed limit slowing down?
    From The Conference Board Chief Economist. (StraightTalk®, November 2012)
  2. StraightTalk®
    Special Issue for All Members: Global Economic Outlook 2012
    From The Conference Board Chief Economist. (StraightTalk®, November 2011)
  3. StraightTalk® Special Issue for All Members: Global Economic Outlook 2013
    From The Conference Board Chief Economist: Is the global economic speed limit slowing down? (StraightTalk®, November 2012)

The Conference Board Review

  1. A Rebuilding Year: In a slow-growth 2013, companies need to prepare for a new future.
    In TCB Review's annual Q&A with chief economist Bart van Ark, he elaborates on his generally downbeat 2013 global economic forecast. (The Conference Board Review, January 2013)
  2. First Customers
    In a new market, you need to secure a foothold. World domination can come later. (The Conference Board Review, July 2011)
  3. No More Year in Paris?
    In today's corporate world, the traditional long-term international assignment is irrelevant. (The Conference Board Review, October 2011)
  4. Out of the West
    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. (The Conference Board Review, April 2012)
  5. Still Squeezed: Austerity and inequality hold back the global economy
    Bart van Ark, chief economist of The Conference Board, offers an analysis and forecast of the global economy for 2012. (The Conference Board Review, January 2012)
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