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Economy, Strategy & Finance Data Reactions
2018
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Growth in Retirees
January 30 | Agron Nicaj, Associate Economist, The Conference Board | Comments (1)The growth in the number of new retirees has increased and is expected to remain at a relatively high level.
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On Governance: Boards and the Weakest Link in Third-Party Information Security Risk Management
January 19 | Kazunori Yozawa, Global CTO, CEO (Japan Region), NTT Security | Bob Zukis, Founder and CEO, Digital Directors Network, ESG Center Fellow | Comments (0)In a business environment where the weakest link in an ecosystem can jeopardize the entire community, effectively governing and managing third party risk takes on greater importance.
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Is China's intangible investing catching up? Not yet.
January 18 | Xiaohui (Janet) Hao, PhD, Former Senior Economist, The Conference Board | Harry Wu, Senior Advisor, The Conference Board China Center for Economics and Business | Comments (0)Intangible assets are especially important for China. Its remarkable rapid growth over the past three decades has enormously enlarged China’s manufacturing relative to that of the US, but in terms of labor productivity China appears to still be far away from American levels.
2017
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Why Apple’s New HQ Is Nothing Like the Rest of Silicon Valley
July 06 | Jennifer Magnolfi | Comments (0)“I think we have a shot at building the best office building in the world” were the words Steve Jobs used to describe Apple’s new headquarters in 2011. The grand vision at the heart of his last project is now being unveiled as Apple finalizes construction on Apple Park. Wired called the facility “insanely great (or just insane),” and in many ways it is exactly that.
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New Ideas for Evaluating Lifetime Income Options
June 28 | Anna M. Rappaport | Comments (0)As Defined Contribution (DC) plans have become the primary retirement vehicle in more organizations, there is a growing recognition that the method of payout and the options during the payout periods are an important part of making these plans real retirement vehicles rather than just asset accumulation plans.
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As Brexit Negotiations Start, Companies Need Contingency Plans
June 19 | Pankaj Ghemawat, Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy, IESE Business School | Comments (0)Any company with substantial exposure to Brexit that hasn’t yet devised contingency plans to deal with a range of outcomes, including very bad ones, is about as far behind the curve as Britain’s current government seems to be right now.
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Why Would Men Join a “Gender Network?”
February 01 | Alison Maitland, Senior Fellow, Human Capital, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Connecting through employee networks can help individuals advance their careers and companies improve their performance. To provide these benefits, however, networks must have a clear strategy, funding, senior sponsorship … and an attractive proposition for all potential members.
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Bad Writing Is Destroying Your Company’s Productivity
January 11 | Josh Bernoff | Comments (0)A hidden source of friction is slowing your company down. Your workers are complicit in it. So is your management. And it’s driving everybody nuts.