Editing Global Insight

{{Short description|Economics forecasting organization}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Global Insight
| logo = [[File:IHS Globalinsight logo.jpg|center|IHS Global Insight logo]]
| type = [[Division (business)|Division]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|2001|03}}
| location = [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]
| key_people = 
| industry = 
| products = 
| 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.<ref name="SupplierBusiness">[http://www.globalinsight.com/PressRelease/PressReleaseDetail10937.htm Global Insight Acquires SupplierBusiness Limited], 7 November 2007</ref> It is a division of [[S&P Global]] after its acquisition of [[IHS Markit|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.),<ref>{{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=}}</ref> Primark Poland (later GlobalInTech, [[sp. z o.o.]])<ref>{{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) (…)}}</ref><ref>{{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).</ref> and the French company DAFSA; its estimated 2008 revenues were at $120 million.<ref>Denver Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/09/15/daily39.html</ref> 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.<ref name="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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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/}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Economy.com]]

== 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]]
[[Category:Companies established in 2001]]
[[Category:Macroeconomics consulting firms]]