National Industrial Conference Board

The National Industrial Conference Board was founded in 1916 by business leaders who wanted a forum for sharing research and discussing workplace and economic issues. Over time, it evolved into The Conference Board, a nonprofit membership and research organization that brings together companies, publishes studies, and convenes senior executives.

Today, The Conference Board is especially well known for producing influential economic measures such as the Leading Economic Index and the Consumer Confidence Survey. Its work spans economics, labor markets, corporate governance, human capital, and public policy, and it serves a large global membership that includes many major corporations.

Because this is an organization rather than an individual author, a traditional personal biography is limited. If this name appears as the author of a work in your library, it most likely refers to the institution itself and its research staff rather than to a single named writer.