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		<title>The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Dips Slightly</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/05/17/april-2012-lei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ataman Ozyildirim]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. declined 0.1 percent in April to 95.5 (2004 = 100), following a 0.3 percent increase in March, and a 0.7 percent increase in February. Says Ataman Ozyildirim, economist at The Conference Board: “The LEI declined slightly in April. Falling housing permits, rising initial claims for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Standards, Transparency, and the Global Supply Chain</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/05/16/global-supply-chain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Singer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patagonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy season]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholder proposals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Singer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The expansion of supply chains to the far corners of the world has resulted in numerous advantages for global companies, including cost advantages, efficiencies of scale, and otherwise impossible time-to-market rates. Along with these advantages, however, reliance on third party manufacturers has also posed some challenges and risks to companies, as evidenced by the recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Group of Thirty on Effective Governance</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/25/the-group-of-thirty-on-effective-governance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lipton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martin lipton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rosen & katz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[wachtell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Group of Thirty has published a report on governance of financial institutions that has interesting observations and recommendations applicable to all corporations.  The following is quoted from the discussion of the role of the board of directors: Boards control the three key factors that ultimately determine the success of a [corporation]:  the choice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEO Challenge 2012 Reveals Critical Link Between Innovation and Human Capital</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/19/ceo-challenge-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry West</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bart van Ark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economic Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political Risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Ray]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Talent]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The top five challenges facing business leaders worldwide this year are Innovation, Human Capital, Global Political/Economic Risk, Government Regulation, and Global Expansion, according to nearly 800 chief executives, presidents and chairmen from leading companies in Asia, Europe and the United States who took part in the Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012. The Conference Board has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Board&#8217;s Role in Communicating CEO Succession</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:44:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 ceo succession report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason D. Schloetzer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An increasingly important component of the CEO succession planning process is the board’s decision on how to communicate internal, strategically sensitive information to shareholders. The voluntary, transparent communication of succession information can help directors signal to shareholders that the company was appropriately prepared for a leadership transition while balancing the potential strategic costs of providing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dim the Spotlight</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/15/dim-the-spotlight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[director nominations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FTSE100]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance for Owners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeroen van der Veer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northwestern University School of Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[proxy access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharehlder Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simon C.Y. Wong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is common knowledge that people are not driven solely by the prospect of financial rewards. Yet, in business, motivational tools for top executives—particularly the CEO—almost singularly comprise financial incentives. In 1980, only 10 percent of the UK’s largest FTSE100 companies utilized incentive arrangements (in the form of cash and stock-based variable pay). Today, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How &#8220;Connected&#8221; is Your Board?</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/13/how-connected-is-your-board/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/13/how-connected-is-your-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcel Bucsescu</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[board composition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[director composition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Wang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Larcker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric So]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Firm value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stanford University Rock Center for Corporate Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[well-connectedness]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=2035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new working paper from Stanford University Rock Center for Corporate Governance, by David Larcker, Eric So, and Charles Wang, is worth a read. The paper, titled Boardroom Centrality and Firm Performance, finds that &#8220;Firms with central or well-connected boards of directors earn superior risk-adjusted stock returns.&#8221; According the paper, this is just one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEO Succession: The Facts</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/12/ceo-succession-the-facts/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/12/ceo-succession-the-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barbara Blackford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 ceo succession report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO succession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEO succession planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason D. Schloetzer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matteo tonello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[melissa aguilar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RHR International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today, The Conference Board published The CEO Succession Report, which examines CEO succession events at S&#38;P 500 companies for 2001-2011. The report was authored by Jason D. Schloetzer, Matteo Tonello and Melissa Aguilar. Key findings include: 2011 CEO succession rate was 10.8 percent. This rate was consistent with the average number of annual succession announcements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Governance Center Launches Search for Executive Director</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/09/executive-director/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/04/09/executive-director/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executive director]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Conference Board is pleased to announce the search for an Executive Director of The Conference Board Governance Center. The Center has a legacy of leadership with respect to issues of corporate governance. From the Blue-Ribbon Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise through the Task Force on Executive Compensation, the Executive Director will build [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say-on-Pay Votes Are ‘Working’</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/03/30/say-on-pay-votes-are-working/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2012/03/30/say-on-pay-votes-are-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aiCIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allan L. McCall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brian Tayan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David F. Larcker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Pfeuti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nasdaq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[say on pay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Say-on-pay is working due to the influence of the proxy voting agents – but its affects are as of yet unknown. Listed companies are taking increasing notice of proxy voting advisory firms when shaping the executive pay packages that are put to shareholders for approval, research published this week has found. Listed companies are realising [...]]]></description>
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