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** NEWS & VIEWS ** The Conference Board Names New Chief Economist Read more Bart van Ark, the newly appointed Chief Economist of The Conference Board, comments on the state of the U.S. economy on the Dutch television news show NOVA. View Bart's interview In our recently launched report on Corporate Responses to Humanitarian Disasters, we examine the critical steps in building successful partnerships, and to identify good management practices in these partnerships. The report features case studies, including Philip Morris International, GlaxoSmithKline, Swiss Re, Global Impact and others. Read the report Gulf states need to grow beyond oil for future prosperity Online Interviews from the Climate Change Forum Business Indicators: Leading indices posted for Euro Area, France, Germany, Spain, and the U.K.
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Webcasts
The Conference Board Economics Watch™
European View 4th Quarter
Date: Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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Working Groups
NEW: Strategic Workforce Planning in Global Organizations
This working group will focus on the challenges of planning, managing, and shaping a global workforce.
NEW: Growing Talent for Succession
This Research Working Group will address the high-leverage strategy, process, tools, and mindset necessary for growing talent for succession.
Executive Action Reports
(Available to Members Only)
Political Money
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.
Private Equity: Pirates or Saviors?
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.
Building an Ethical Company
Whether large, small, or medium-sized, ethics and compliance programs are now essential to a company's DNA.
Research Reports
HIV/AIDS in the Workplace
This is a follow-up to The Conference Board's first report on the corporate response to HIV/AIDS published in 1997.
The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report
This annual report provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirement of 2006.
Asessing 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.
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.
Articles
If you can't draw your next great idea on a napkin, maybe it isn't so great after all.
By Paul B. Brown
(The Conference Board Review article)
The Future of Advice
Forget about your consigliere: Technology allows us to tap into networks of friends and strangers for the wisest, most timely cpinsel available. It's like Amazon.com, only better.
By Michael Schrage
(The Conference Board Review article )
Regional Reports
Doswiadczenia Prezesów (The CEO Challenge 2007)
Regional Publications
Raport Zarzadzanie Talentami (Talent Management)
TCB Board Polska 4 Informator (Newsletter)
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