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designed to achieve different outcomes and satisfy different needs. We will work with
you, research your needs, and design a study that will best serve you.
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Opinion and Sentiment Survey or Focus Group Study
We begin with learning the needs of our clients, develop the thematic issues by using the
existing literature concerning the subject matter and input from the client, modify or
tailor the appropriate instruments, use an appropriate methodology for the survey or the
focus group study to be conducted, carry out the survey/study, enter and clean the
information/data, carry out the analyses and prepare a detailed report and present it in
an easy-to-follow format.
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Program or Project Evaluation
A thorough evaluation is the key element in the successful conduct of a project or program. Our evaluation
provides the necessary feedback for the leadership of an organization that will ultimately implement and maintain the program or
project. It also provides summary data and empirical proof that demonstrate a program is
accomplishing its stated goals and objectives.
Without a third-party evaluation, some organizations may fail to recognize how different
components in the program are affecting the participants or participating institutions.
In addition, evaluation helps focus staff efforts and project resources on the specific
goals of the program. Our evaluations provide unbiased third-party verification of a
program's feasibility, progress, and success.
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Needs Assessment
Needs assessments look at the way things are currently functioning within an economic or social entity compared
with the way they should be. Community needs assessments are among the most prevalent
projects and have special significance in ensuring that the needs of a
community are met with regard to social justice, participatory democracy, non-violent
conflict resolution, and sustainable economic development.
Needs assessments are used in many areas such as health care, education, housing,
workforce needs, and more. It can be employed for development of an organization's core
skills and capabilities such as leadership, management, finance, and fundraising. The
process allows an organization to identify and address issues and gain the insights,
knowledge, and experience needed to solve problems, build needed capacity, and implement
change.
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Economic and Social Impact Studies
Economic and social impact assessment is an important tool to measure the potential or
effective costs and benefits of a program or project. An economic and social impact study
goes further than profitability and return on investment studies. These studies consider social
costs and benefits of activities instead of their mere accounting costs and benefits.
This way it is possible to understand the real return of an investment in terms of better
community well-being, quality of life, and serving the common good of an impacted
community.
The challenge in such studies is to convert such impacts into monetized and economically
measurable effects. The real reason for the inability to measure such impacts is that
many positive developments in a society do not have a market, making it difficult to measure their outcomes in terms of their market values. Our research
determines this value. The studies are especially valuable for governmental and nonprofit agencies. |
Regional Input/Output Analysis
A regional input/output analysis can be a component of an economic impact analysis. This
method measures the cumulative financial effects of the spending brought about by an
economic activity within a specific region. The analysis includes three sets of impacts:
direct, indirect, and induced impacts.
In measuring the direct effects, we look at the impact of the expenditure in creating
regional output, employment, and tax revenue. For indirect effects we look at the impact
of the economic activity generated among the region's businesses to meet the demand
created by the original activity. The induced effects focus on the impacts of the
expenditures made in the region by workers and others who come to use the services
or products generated by that economic activity. Using an input/output analysis one can
measure expenditures and employment multipliers for each specific economic activity. Such
analysis is widely used by both private and government entities.
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Feasibility Study
There is always a logical concern about the success or failure of any business
decision. A feasibility study is a preliminary study undertaken to determine and document
a project's viability. It is an integral part of a project or program design for
organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific
project goals and objectives.
A market feasibility study typically involves testing geographic locations for a real
estate development project. Use of such study is not limited to a market analysis. It can
be used for many purposes such as technological, systematic, economic, or legal
feasability as well as for more abstract fields such as cultural and environmental analyses.
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Public Policy Research
A democratic system requires knowledge and understanding of its citizenry as a pivotal
component of its political structure. Public opinion is important. It is beneficial for a
society to use scientific research to find out more about the impact of its public
policies options. Public policy research can be most constructive when the theme and the
premise of the research are not based on a particular political ideology.
We can conduct public policy research within a large spectrum of areas such as global
warming, energy policy, environmental justice, property rights, legal reform, Medicare
reform, health care, Social Security, civil rights, foreign affairs, defense and reform
of various international agencies. Many of these areas are global issues. However, every
local, regional, or national economy has its own areas of interests that need to be reviewed. We can bring the focus you need via a study that can be prepared for your
specific need.
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