Publications
Research from The Conference Board is objective and impactful. We provide an in-depth understanding of today's critical business issues, and explore solutions that improve the performance of organizations and their leaders.
Corporate Leadership
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Know Your Shareholders: The Use of
Cash-Settled Equity Derivatives to
Hide Corporate Ownership Interests
July 2010 | Executive Action Report
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. Until more stringent transparency regulatio
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Security as a Critical Component of Corporate Defense
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.
Economies, Markets & Value Creation
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On the Selection of Leading Economic Indicators for China
July 2010 | Economic Working Paper
by Bill Adams, Pieter Bottelier, Ataman Ozyildirim, Jing Sima-Friedman, May 2010. - EPWP #10 – 02
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StraightTalk
June 2010 | Periodical
High-Performing Organizations
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Risk and Security in Corporate Supply Chain Networks: Moving From Operational to Strategic Concern
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
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Supply Chain Benchmarking; Process and Methodology
June 2010 | Council Perspectives
Supply chain operations within an organization should be constantly reviewed to identify where improvements can be made.
Human Capital
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Setting Strategy for Pensions in the U.S. — Tough Choices and No Easy Answers
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
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Is Age Really Just a Number?
Investigating Approaches to Employee Engagement
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.
