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ESI ThoughtLab to Present at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona

Key findings and benchmarking tool from the Building a Hyperconnected City program to be unveiled ESI ThoughtLab will be on hand from Monday, November 18 – Thursday, November 21 at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, Spain to unveil complete findings from the Building a Hyperconnected City program. The study, which is a deep dive assessment of […]

Government Policy: China vs. The United States Part 2

Last week in Present Value, our partners at ANBOUND gave us Part 1 of our blog series on state and local government policy in China. For Part 2, Senior Researcher He Jun gives us his thoughts on the distribution of power between federal, state, and city governments, and economic competitiveness. To read Part 1 of […]

Government Policy: China vs. The United States

This week and next, Present Value offers insights from our Beijing-based think tank partners ANBOUND. Researcher Wei Hongxu and Senior Researcher He Jun give us their thoughts on state and local government policy in China, comparing it to government policy in the U.S. Stay tuned for part two to be released next week! In America, […]

Citizen Engagement: Key Ingredient to a Hyperconnected City

What is a hyperconnected city? ESI ThoughtLab defines it as one that leverages new digital technologies to transform and interconnect key areas of an urban ecosystem in order to unlock […]

In Service to Others: The Economic, Community and Social Impact of Villanova University

To view the full report, please click here. In 2019, Villanova University engaged Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI) to analyze Villanova’s economic and social impact. The report demonstrates the University’s significant […]

A User’s Guide to State Business Rankings

Sometimes it seems that a new state ranking comes out every week. State business competitiveness ranking reports have become a popular tool for media, think tank and research center websites […]

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