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Investing in AI: Moving Along the Digital Maturity Curve
Today’s organizations seek to identify data that’s most relevant to meeting business goals and make these data types actionable. To do so, they are turning to advances in artificial intelligence […]
In 2019, ESI was retained by DePetro Real Estate Organization to examine the planned development for a 14-townhouse development in the Cooper Grant neighborhood of […]
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How many legacy firms are still in existence today? Many that were household names, Kodak, Blockbuster, BlackBerry, and Sears, for instance, haven’t survived the digital […]
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Econsult Solutions, Inc. was retained by Simpson University, a private, evangelical Christian school based in Redding, California to assess the economic, fiscal and social impact […]
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ESI ThoughtLab launches a cutting-edge, global research initiative December 11, 2019 (Philadelphia, PA) – ESI ThoughtLab and a coalition of leading industry professionals today announced the launch of Driving Cybersecurity Performance: […]
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November 20, 2019 (Philadelphia, PA) – Today, ESI ThoughtLab announced the key findings from its Building a Hyperconnected City program, a year-long global study of […]
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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, […]
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ESI and Drexel University’s Lebow College of Business will host our 5th Annual Urban Economic Policy Conference: Smart Cities, Opportunity Zones, and Urban Economic Development […]
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As 2019 winds down, we decide to take a look back at our most viewed blog posts of the year. Topics span from thought leadership, real estate, higher ed, and more. Thank […]
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This week in Present Value, we highlight one of the many case studies included in our recently released study, Building a Hyperconnected City. This week, we dive into Georgia Power expanding the […]
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This week in Present Value, ESI’s Lee Huang (LH) speaks with local leaders to identify how they are helping people access capital, overcome barriers, and create thriving communities. LH: Markita, let’s start […]
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ESI’s Lee Huang (LH) discusses access to capital, overcoming barriers, and more with Markita Morris-Louis (MML), Chief Strategy Officer for Compass Working Capital. LH: Who does Compass Working Capital serve, what barriers […]
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ESI’s Lee Huang sits down with Della Clark, President of The Enterprise Center, to discuss access to the capital and the work The Enterprise Center focuses on. LH: What’s the vision behind […]
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ESI’s Lee Huang discusses access to capital with Lou Rodriguez, CEO and founder of Rodriguez Consulting LLC and Chair of the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. LH: From your vantage point […]
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Lee Huang, Senior Vice President & Principal of ESI, hosts a Q&A with Andrew Speizman, Chief Financial Officer, and Frank Linnehan, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy, of MFR Consultants to discuss the […]
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ESI’s Lee Huang hosts a Q&A discussion with Vandell Hampton, President and CEO of True Access Capital, discussing True Access Capital’s mission and their work around Philadelphia. LH: You recently took your […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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We are excited to announce the launch our latest multi-client research program, Driving Cybersecurity Performance. The nine-month long follow-up to last year’s global study, The […]
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If you’ve been following our Philadelphia Housing Index (PHI) posts, you may have noticed one neighborhood we have not spent a lot of time talking […]
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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 […]
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Perhaps the most prominent historical example of arts as a local economic cluster is Renaissance Florence. The arts in Florence during the Renaissance period served […]
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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 […]
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