Economy, Strategy & Finance Data Reactions
2019
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Overlooked on economy? Rising paychecks for blue-collar workers are shrinking the wage gap
September 18 | Gad Levanon, PhD, Former Vice President, Labor Markets, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Monthly reports on the number of new jobs and the unemployment rate can drown out important trends like these two: After four decades of worsening, wage inequality has started shrinking. And in a twist, America’s blue-collar workers are playing the biggest role in driving that reversal.
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Making Intangibles Tangible: Who is to Blame When Brands are Written Down?
September 11 | Dr. James Gregory, Senior Fellow, The Conference Board | Comments (0)It is time to rethink brand write downs and for all managers to see their real value. Building intangible capital models for evaluating the accretive value and potential of brands is a logical way to understand whether the investment requested for marketing is worthwhile.
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If Innovation is Everything, It’s Nothing: How to Strategically Measure What Matters
September 10 | Erin Grossi, Managing Director of Digital Strategy & Innovation, Accenture | Comments (0)For innovation leaders, mandates for metrics from CEOs and CFOs are nothing new, but how do you measure the competencies that help companies become better innovators, such as creating an innovation culture, or being better prepared to work on diverse teams?
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Interview with Leslie Quinton—BRP
August 20 | Lise Michaud, Founder, IC Kollectif | Comments (0)Are internal and external communications the same thing? In this interview, Leslie Quinton, Vice President of Global Corporate Communications, and Events, at Canadian recreational products company BRP, argues that there are almost always reasons to target your communications differently according to the audience.
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Currency Wars: What a CEO Should Prepare For
August 13 | Bart van Ark, Managing Director, The Productivity Institute, The University of Manchester | Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, Global, The Conference Board | Comments (0)In the coming months, global executives could find themselves trying to navigate an international currency market wherein both the USD and the RMB are competing in a ‘how low can you go’ devaluation game. This new battleground, if it fully manifests, could be more detrimental and problematic for global businesses than anything we’ve seen from the tariffs to date.
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What's Really Going on with American Consumers?
July 22 | Steve Odland, President and CEO, The Conference Board, Inc. | Denise Dahlhoff, PhD, Director, Marketing & Communications Research, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Too many retailers are shutting down: 2019 just hit its halfway point, but already the number of planned retail store closings has exceeded the total for all of 2018.
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On Governance: Board Evaluations – Time to Evolve Your Annual Process
July 19 | Denise Kuprionis, President, The Governance Solutions Group, ESG Center Fellow | Comments (1)Directors don’t let management “just sit there.” The answer to knowing if your board is effective is having a meaningful board assessment process.
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On Governance: President Trump’s Executive Order and Shareholder Engagement on Climate Change
July 03 | Nell Minow, Vice Chair, ValueEdge Advisors | Comments (0)There is a great deal of evidence about the increasing sophistication of the assessments that investors, insurers, and others use in applying ESG indicators to evaluate risk and return. The President’s executive order brings the impact of climate change on retirement investments to the fore.