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“Mt. Laurel” Affordable Housing Obligations in Mercer County – New Jersey – 2018
On March 8, 2018, Mercer County Assignment Judge Mary C. Jacobson issued her opinion on the affordable housing obligations under New Jersey’s “Mount…
Smart City 2025: Building a Vision and Business Plan for the Future
"The smart city was the wrong idea pitched in the wrong way to the wrong people. It never answered the question: 'How…
The Cybersecurity Imperative: Managing Cyber Risks in a World of Rapid Digital Change
Dear friends and colleagues: We would like to keep you abreast of new developments relating to our upcoming thought leadership program, The Cybersecurity…
Center City District and the PHI
Last week, the Center City District (CCD) released Housing Development in Perspective: 2018, which examines housing development in Greater Center City—an area…
A Conversation on Design Thinking
Last month, we convened our Senior Advisors to a roundtable on design thinking. Facilitated by ESI Senior Vice President Lee Huang, we…
Step by Step: Machine Learning
This is the latest installment in our Step By Step series, where analysts and research assistants showcase how we use cutting edge…
ESI ThoughtLab Takes Thought Leadership to the Next Level
February 8, 2018 — (Philadelphia, PA) Roubini ThoughtLab, a specialist in evidence-based thought leadership, and Econsult Solutions, Inc. (ESI), a leading economic consultancy, today announced the…
The Cybersecurity Imperative: Managing Cyber Risks in a World of Rapid Digital Change
Econsult Solutions and our ESI ThoughtLab team would like to keep you abreast of new developments relating to our upcoming thought leadership program, The…
ESI and Drexel Team Up for their 4th Annual Urban Economic Policy Conference
ESI is proud to sponsor the Drexel University School of Economics's 4th Annual Urban Economic Policy Conference: Topics in Education on April 13, 2018, from 12:00…
Funding Public Water: The Protection/Commodity Conundrum
We take the instantaneous availability of safe water for granted. Which is not surprising, since we are 164 years removed from the…
The PHI, New Visualizations and a Look at Seasonality Across Neighborhoods
As 2018 comes into full swing, we've started to look at some new ways to visualize the Philadelphia Housing Index (PHI). To…
Urban China
Recently, I traveled to Guangzhou, China for several weeks, and visited the Pearl Delta. ESI President, Dr. Richard Voith was with me…
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