Global Insight is an
economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
forecasting organization, serving over 3,800 clients in industry, finance and government, with revenues of over $95 million (in 2006) and employing more than 600 staff in 23 offices in 13 countries.
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7 November 2007 It is a division of
IHS Inc
IHS may refer to:
Religious
* Christogram IHS or ΙΗΣ, a monogram symbolizing Jesus Christ
* '' In hoc signo'', used by Roman emperor Constantine the Great
Organizations
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.
History
Global Insight was formed in March 2001 from the
merger
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of WEFA (formerly
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates
Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates, Inc (WEFA Inc) was an economics forecasting and consulting organization founded by Nobel Prize winner Lawrence Klein.
WEFA Inc was a spinoff of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, whe ...
) and DRI (formerly
Data Resources Inc
Data Resources Inc or DRI was co-founded in 1969 by Donald Marron and Otto Eckstein. Marron is best known as the former CEO of PaineWebber and founder of Lightyear Capital. Eckstein was a Harvard University economics professor, economic consult ...
), together with Primark Decision Economics (later called Decision Economics, Inc.), Primark Poland (later GlobalInTech,
sp. z o.o.) and the French company DAFSA; its estimated 2008 revenues were at $120 million. It has since acquired several other companies, including PlanEcon, CIEMEX, Reebie Associates, and London-based World Markets Research Centre. On November 2, 2007, Global Insight acquired SupplierBusiness.
Ownership and management
Global Insight was privately held, and founded by Joseph E. Kasputys, who served as its president and CEO. On September 18, 2008,
IHS Inc. agreed to purchase Global Insight for $200 million.
See also
*
Economy.com
References
External links
IHS Global Insight web siteSupplierBusiness web site
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2001 establishments in the United States
Companies based in Massachusetts
Companies established in 2001
Macroeconomics consulting firms