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2017
![Sustainability in the Mainstream: Why Investors Care and What it Means for Corporate Boards](/images/pubs_covers/centerBrandingGraphic/84948268-2-W500x250-.jpg)
Sustainability in the Mainstream: Why Investors Care and What it Means for Corporate Boards
27 November, 2017 | Report
![China Center Chart Dive: Working Hours in China Appear to Have Dropped Significantly](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/527045000-W500x250.jpg)
China Center Chart Dive: Working Hours in China Appear to Have Dropped Significantly
30 October, 2017 | Report
![25 Truths about Resilience & Well-Being: Insights from the 2017 Resilience & Well-Being Conference](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/602313186-W500x250.jpg)
25 Truths about Resilience & Well-Being: Insights from the 2017 Resilience & Well-Being Conference
26 October, 2017 | Brief
![StraightTalk<sup>®</sup> Global Economic Outlook 2017: How Much Will Stronger Global Growth Benefit a Recovery in Trade?](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/144295065-W500x250.jpg)
StraightTalk® Global Economic Outlook 2017: How Much Will Stronger Global Growth Benefit a Recovery in Trade?
20 September, 2017 | Report
![Just What Is the Corporate Director's Job? Perspectives on the Board Member's Job Description](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/464871261-W500x250.jpg)
Just What Is the Corporate Director's Job? Perspectives on the Board Member's Job Description
11 September, 2017 | Report
![Just What Is the Corporate Director's Job? Active Investors' Perspectives on the Board Member's Job Description](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/187600889-W500x250.jpg)
Just What Is the Corporate Director's Job? Active Investors' Perspectives on the Board Member's Job Description
11 September, 2017 | Report
![The Franco-German growth engine is running again, but Germany's engine has greater durability](/images/pubs_covers/centerBrandingGraphic/StraightTalk-GEO-September17-Infographic-Branding.jpg)
The Franco-German growth engine is running again, but Germany's engine has greater durability
01 September, 2017 | Chart
![Sharing the Lead: Examining the Causes and Consequences of Lead Independent Director Appointment](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/90702832-W500x250.jpg)
Sharing the Lead: Examining the Causes and Consequences of Lead Independent Director Appointment
31 August, 2017 | Report
Trade under Attack and Necessary Remedies for Dislocation from Economic Change
30 August, 2017 | Report
![China CEO Council session report: Will the world change China, or will China change the world?](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/602313186-W500x250.jpg)
China CEO Council session report: Will the world change China, or will China change the world?
21 August, 2017 | Report
![China's Global Impact: The Business Exposures and Economic Implications of a Globalizing China](/images/pubs_covers/centerBrandingGraphic/695968062-W500x2502.jpg)
China's Global Impact: The Business Exposures and Economic Implications of a Globalizing China
18 August, 2017 | Report
![Board Oversight of Long-Term Value Creation and Preservation: What needs to change?](/images/products/publications/listing/ESF/147685182-W500x250.jpg)
Board Oversight of Long-Term Value Creation and Preservation: What needs to change?
31 July, 2017 | Report