Global Insight
{{Short description|Economics forecasting organization}}
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| name = Global Insight
| logo = File:IHS Globalinsight logo.jpg
| type = Division
| foundation = {{start date and age|2001|03}}
| location = Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
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| revenue = $100 Million
| num_employees = Over 700 in more than 14 countries
| website = {{URL|https://spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/industry/economics-country-risk.html}}
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Global Insight is an economics 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.[http://www.globalinsight.com/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail10937.htm Global Insight Acquires SupplierBusiness Limited], 7 November 2007 It is a division of S&P Global after its acquisition of IHS Inc.
History
Global Insight was formed in March 2001 from the merger of WEFA (formerly Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates) and DRI (formerly Data Resources Inc), together with Primark Decision Economics (later called Decision Economics, Inc.),{{cite web |title=Company Profile: Decision Economics Inc |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1671126 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302020852/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1671126 |archive-date=March 2, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2008-06-07 |website=www.bloomberg.com/ |publisher= |quote=}} Primark Poland (later GlobalInTech, sp. z o.o.){{cite web |url=http://www.globalinsight.com/ProductsServices/ProductDetail1053.htm |title=History of IHS Global Insight |accessdate=2008-06-07 |publisher=IHS Global Insight |quote=(…) GlobalInTech (formerly Primark Poland) (…)}}{{cite web |url=http://szczegoly.pkt.pl/globalintech_sp_z_o_o_oprogramowanie_sieciowe_i_obsluga_baz_danych_d2144cfe18639f93e5fb9e7ea65d387f.html |title=GlobalInTech. Sp. z o.o. Oprogramowanie sieciowe i obsługa baz danych |accessdate=2008-06-07 |publisher=Polskie Książki Telefoniczne |language=Polish |archive-date=2008-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016070733/http://szczegoly.pkt.pl/globalintech_sp_z_o_o_oprogramowanie_sieciowe_i_obsluga_baz_danych_d2144cfe18639f93e5fb9e7ea65d387f.html |url-status=dead }} The company's website, here as http://www.globalintech.pl {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301084414/http://www.globalintech.pl/ |date=2005-03-01 }}, is dead (as of 2008-06-07). and the French company DAFSA; its estimated 2008 revenues were at $120 million.Denver Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/09/15/daily39.html 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.{{Cite web |title=Global Insight bought in deal worth $200m |date=19 September 2008 |work=J.Y. Design Blog |url=http://www.jydesign.com/blog/2008/09/global-insight-bought-in-deal-worth.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018222537/http://www.jydesign.com/blog/2008/09/global-insight-bought-in-deal-worth.html |archivedate=18 October 2008 |accessdate=16 June 2013}}{{Cite news |title=Global Insight bought in deal worth $200m: Waltham research firm now under IHS umbrella with Cambridge Energy |work=Boston Globe |date=19 September 2008 |url=http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2008/09/19/global_insight_bought_in_deal_worth_200m/}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/mi/industry/economics-country-risk.html Global Insight page at S&P Global]
- [http://www.supplierbusiness.com/ SupplierBusiness web site]
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Category:2001 establishments in the United States
Category:Companies based in Massachusetts