2017

1. Short-Termism and Public Trust: Report from the Millstein Center General Counsel Summit
   

   May 2017 | Conference KeyNotes

   This is a summary of the General Counsel Corporate Governance Summit hosted by the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School in collaboration with The Conference Board Governance Center.

2. Director Notes: Integrating Creating Shared Value and Corporate Governance
   

   March 2017 | Director Notes

   This report provides a framework for integrating CSV and corporate governance while examining five examples where a company has adopted the approach as a fundamental part of the company strategy by all parts of the corporation.

3. 16 Truths about Income Inequality
   

   January 2017 | Conference KeyNotes

   Short-term thinking has created a corporate culture pushing quarterly numbers over practices that promote solid growth. To combat inequality and its effects, companies must invest in workers, innovation, and long-term projects.

4. China Center Chart Dive: RMB Internationalization—No Pain, No Gain
   

   January 2017 | China Center Publications

   China had hoped that its efforts to liberalize the RMB would help boost confidence in its currency. The exact opposite has occurred.

2016

1. 25 Truths about M&A: Insights from the 3rd Annual Corporate Development Conference
   

   December 2016 | Conference KeyNotes

   Although mergers & acquisitions activity in early 2016 declined from 2015’s record levels, nearly half of CEOs expect to conduct a domestic transaction this year, and a third expect to do a cross-border deal. 

2. Landscape of Campaign Contributions: Interim Report
   

   November 2016 | Committee for Economic Development

   Campaign spending is increasingly conducted through third parties rather than direct expenditures. That approach should end in favor of one that promotes accountability and provides voters with information on the sources of funding behind campaign communications.

3. CEO and Executive Compensation Practices: 2016 Edition
   

   September 2016 | Research Report

   Only one of the 25 highest-paid CEOs in 2015 delivered exceptional share price performance during the year, while seven saw their total compensation fall--in one case, by almost 80 percent.

4. StraightTalk^® Global Economic Outlook 2016: Will Greater Uncertainty Lead to Business Investment Paralysis?
   

   September 2016 | StraightTalk®

   Will greater uncertainty lead to business investment paralysis? In this issue of StraightTalk, Chief Economist Bart van Ark looks at the business implications of economic uncertainty and weakening of US corporate profits.

5. Global Economic Outlook 2016: What Lies Ahead for Corporate Profits in Mature Economies?
   

   September 2016 | Research Report

   Until 2014, profits for US corporations were growing at record levels, despite lackluster growth across mature economies. Since 2014, and moving forward, US corporations are facing headwinds which may slow profit growth.

6. End of Cold, Hard Cash and the Global Shift toward Cashless Consumer Payments
   

   August 2016 | The Demand Institute

   The rise in internet access in emerging markets is expanding consumers’ horizons and fueling their demand for new ways to pay for the products and services of the modern economy.