ECONSULT SOLUTIONS, INC.
PHILADELPHIA, PA

The Firm Econsult Solutions Inc. provides businesses and public policy makers with consulting services in urban economics, real estate economics, transportation, public infrastructure, development, public policy and finance, community and neighborhood development, planning, as well as expert witness services for litigation support. Our scope is large, and our expertise specific. Econsult Solutions, Inc. assists clients in the evaluation of economic and fiscal outcomes of programs and developments, offers city and regional planning insight and advice, provides GIS analytic services, yields financial projections and advises investors and governments on projects, developments, and policy outcomes, and has the economic skills and expertise to process, analyze, and manage large and complex issues. ESI aims to provide clients with appropriate solutions to make informed strategic decisions and recognize that each project has a different set of needs requiring tailored solutions. We are also committed to making a positive impact in the way we run our firm, by engaging with our communities and supporting organizations whose missions we admire. We believe in giving back and we work pro bono or for a reduced fee for non-profits who would not be able to afford our services, to help them demonstrate their impact and build their internal capacity. Social responsibility is an integral part of our philosophy. Members of our team sit on the boards of and volunteer for community-based organizations and other nonprofits. Our staff consists of experienced professionals that provide the highest levels of technical expertise in economics, analytics, and thought leadership. Many are nationally recognized experts in public finance and economics who have served at the highest levels of government policy-making. With the assistance of our senior advisory board, we strive to continuously improve our processes to provide more precise economic analysis. Econsult Solutions has assembled an active advisory board to assist in marketing, project development, and project implementation. Our senior advisors have held significant positions in business, government, institutional, and non-profit organizations. Their dynamic activities, combined with their scope of experience add a breadth of knowledge that distinctively complements our expertise. Business leaders in today’s demanding marketplace want more than cookie-cutter thought leadership. They need actionable decision support that combines innovative thinking with analytical insights and best practice advice—all delivered through engaging executive formats. Achieving this level of analytical excellence is challenging. It requires a blend of originality, quantitative rigor, industry expertise, and consulting know-how not typically found in any one firm. Simply put, visionary thinking requires visionary thinkers. That is why we established ESI ThoughtLab as a center of thought leadership excellence. We bring together the best economic, industry and thought leadership minds to create innovative, must-read analysis for business and government. It is no surprise that companies are now questioning the value of their thought leadership programs and working with us to develop new ways to drive ROI. Our formula is based on what our management team has learned after years of experience running paid-for publishing at top firms, such as the Economist Intelligence Unit and Oxford Economics. What analysis are they seeking that is not already offered by your competitors? Conducting secondary research, speaking with subject matter experts, and organizing advisory boards can help guide the research. Effective thought leadership does not rehash conventional ideas, but provides true ahead-of-the-curve thinking. That is where input from a multi-disciplinary group of experts and economists can help. Opinion-based surveys and interviews are not enough. To provide actionable insights, you need to use diagnostic surveys and secondary sources that can generate higher value benchmarking, performance, and forecast data. Turning that data into customer-facing decision-support tools can be a powerful way to drive client engagement. How We Can Help Our thought leadership experts include alumni from the Economist Group, Oxford Economics, Harvard Business Publishing, Peppers+Rogers, IHS, Pearson Group, CFO Magazine, and Institutional Investor. Our team includes top editors, business writers, and marketing specialists, headed by Lou Celi, founder of thought leadership at both the Economist Intelligence Unit and Oxford Economics, where he served in various management, publishing, and marketing leadership roles. We employ 20 economists, six with PhDs, who have expertise in macro- and micro-analysis, urban economics, and applied economics for business. Our economists have worked in the private sector for firms such as PwC, Charles River Associates, and Jones Lang Lasalle. They have also worked in the public sector for the Cities of Philadelphia and St Louis, the Federal Reserve, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Our economists include professors from Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, and Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. We can create visionary thought leadership and evidence-based research on a full array of business issues, industries and countries and deliver it through multiple channels and formats. Through our partner network, we have proprietary access to advanced quantitative tools for stress testing, scenario analysis, market sizing, risk assessment and other forms of analysis. Our partners include top economic consultancies, global research firms, academic institutions, think tanks and media companies. is an American English daily newspaper and website that features news from the U.S. and worldwide. The website features top stories, photos, videos, detailed analysis, and in-depth information in categories such as business, markets, life and style, real estate, management, and more. The newspaper is published six days a week in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.