In 2006, Time Inc. Content Solutions commissioned Opinion Research Corporation, an independent global strategy and market research and consulting organization, to conduct on behalf of NYSE Group Inc. The NYSE CEO Report 2007, the second annual survey of CEOs of NYSE-listed companies. A questionnaire was administered via the Internet, telephone and mail between February and April 2006, generating 205 responses (a 10 percent response rate) from leaders in more than 20 countries and 50 industries.

Of that total, 159 responses came from the U.S., 17 from Europe and the U.K., 16 from South and Central America, four from Canada, eight from the Asia-Pacific region and one from South Africa. Some 44 percent of companies had a market capitalization of $3 billion or more. Although the average respondent reported tenure at his or her company of seven years, 21 percent had been in the position less than three years and 24 percent more than 10 years.