The Conference Board, Inc.

The Conference Board is as serious as it sounds. The not-for-profit membership organization focuses on increasing the effectiveness of businesses through its 125-plus member councils. It does research on corporate citizenship and governance, HR issues, and strategic planning and sponsors conferences, makes forecasts, and publishes economic reports and other products. In addition to research and executive action reports, it publishes The Conference Board Review, a magazine for senior executives, and newsletters for US, European, and Asian members. The organization traces its roots to 1916 when a group of business leaders banded together to bolster public confidence in business and quiet growing labor unrest.To read the full description,subscribe now.