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2024
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2022
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2021
Life After COVID-19
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2020
2020 Supplement ❯
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2019
Transforming Shareholder Relations
2019 Supplement ❯
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2018
Optimizing Our Spending on Investors In 2018
2018 Supplement ❯
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2017
Re-Tooling Your IR & Governance Tool Kits
2017 Supplement ❯
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2016
Raising The Bars
2016 Supplement ❯
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2015
Essential Products & Services For Public Companies From A To Z
2015 Supplement ❯
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2014
Coping With The New Activism
2014 Supplement ❯
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2013
Righting The Governance Balance
2013 Supplement ❯
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2012
REALLY Reaching Out To Investors
2012 Supplement ❯
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2011
Getting Your Message Across To Investors
2011 Supplement ❯
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2010
Reaching Out To Investors
2010 Supplement ❯
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2009
Staying Connected
2009 Supplement ❯
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2008
Pulling It All Together
2008 Supplement ❯
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Recent Articles
Take Ownership of Your Governance: Don’t Wait for Activists to Start the Conversation
Navigating M&A and Shareholder Activism: Key Insights for 2025 Co-Editor Peder Hagberg interviews Bob Marese, President of MacKenzie Partners, on current trends in mergers and acquisitions, shareholder engagement, activism, and effective board governance heading...
Leveling the Playing Field of Corporate and Shareholder Transparency
A Call to Action from Joseph Caruso, CEO, Alliance Advisors Joe Caruso: Over the past few years, there’s been a growing call for greater corporate transparency, especially from government agencies, institutional investors, and proxy advisory firms. But are we really...
Reflections on “Engaging with Investors”
Over the Past 30+ Years – And Advice for Effectively Engaging Now – From Two Pioneers of Good Corporate Governance When we announced the theme for this year’s Special Supplement to the OPTIMIZER—our thirtieth edition—one of our advertisers noted that “thirty years...