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2017
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Keeping the "Dream Team:" Leveraging Analytics to Retain Top Talent in Asia
20 September, 2017 | Research Report
This report highlights the talent retention challenges faced by employers in Asia and sheds light on how organizations can leverage human capital analytics to aid their retention strategies.
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China Center Quick Note: China's New Philanthropy Regulations Should Be Helpful for MNC Donors
13 September, 2017 | China Center Publications
Despite legitimate concerns about tightening controls on civil society, China’s new philanthropic regulations portend important improvements to problems long plaguing corporate giving for foreign companies active in the country.
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Conference Board Economics Watch® United States View
13 September, 2017 | Economics Watch Reports
Economic outlook continues brightening for rest of 2017.
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Conference Board Economics Watch® Emerging Markets View
13 September, 2017 | Economics Watch Reports
A fading outlook for major emerging economies.
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Conference Board Economics Watch® European View
13 September, 2017 | Economics Watch Reports
Growth gains steam in the Euro Area, but it is unlikely to last beyond 2018, when long-term supply constraints will start weighing in.
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Conference Board Economics Watch® Economic Series Report
13 September, 2017 | Economics Watch Reports
Monthly economic series report.
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China Center Chart Dive: Changes in discretionary spending patterns indicate emergent consumerism in China
12 September, 2017 | China Center Publications
Even as discretionary spending is on the rise, Chinese spending on basic necessities remains relatively high compared to richer nations.
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China Center Data Flash: July data suggest softening growth momentum
12 September, 2017 | China Center Publications
Following the surprisingly upbeat data from June, growth moderated in July across almost all monthly indicators, including industrial production (IP), fixed asset investment (FAI), retail sales, and exports/imports.
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Just What Is the Corporate Director's Job? Perspectives on the Board Member's Job Description
11 September, 2017 | Key Business Issues
With the aim of fostering a common understanding among market participants, we ask different types of stakeholders to consider how the role of the director has evolved, what the current range of expectations is, and where gaps in understanding have resulted in conflict.
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Just What Is the Corporate Director's Job? Active Investors' Perspectives on the Board Member's Job Description
11 September, 2017 | Key Business Issues
Active short-term investors see the job of a corporate director as one that is defined and dictated by the struggle between director primacy and shareholder primacy.
