Global Insight is an
economics
Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services.
Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
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.
[Global Insight Acquires SupplierBusiness Limited](_blank)
7 November 2007 It is a division of
S&P Global
S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016, McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013, The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financia ...
after its acquisition 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
* Indian Health Service, an operating division of the US Department of He ...
.
History
Global Insight was formed in March 2001 from the
merger
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...
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), together with Primark Decision Economics (later called Decision Economics, Inc.), Primark Poland (later GlobalInTech,
sp. z o.o.
Sp or SP may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* /sp/, the sports board on the Internet forum 4chan
* ''SP'' (TV series), a Japanese TV series
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) 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.
Accuris is an information services provider.
History IHS
Information Handling Services (IHS) "was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases".
It subsequently gre ...
agreed to purchase Global Insight for $200 million.
See also
*
Economy.com
References
External links
Global Insight page at S&P GlobalSupplierBusiness web site
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2001 establishments in the United States
Companies based in Massachusetts
Companies established in 2001
Macroeconomics consulting firms