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Attracting Green Investment to Miramichi, NB
SmartWhale Consulting is developing a strategy to draw renewable energy investment to New Brunswick's Miramichi region. |
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Joint Canada-US Algae Biofuels Project
SmartWhale Consulting is working with the National Research Council and its American partners to identify optimal sites for potential algae biofuels production in Canada.
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Developing a Tailored BRE Program for FDIs in Nova Scotia
SmartWhale Consulting is developing a Business Retention and Expansion initiative tailored to the needs of Foreign Direct Investments in Nova Scotia. This project is sponsored by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT), Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI), and five of the province's Regional Development Authorities.
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Creating Equal Opportunity in Aid Procurement
SmartWhale Consulting's Principal, Jake Whalen, is advising Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada on how to help Canadian business win a greater share of Official Development Assistance (ODA) contracts worldwide. Particular focus is being paid to the effectiveness of untied ODA procurement agreements at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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Shovel-Ready Projects and Budget 2009
SmartWhale is developing for a private client an inventory of shovel-ready projects that meet the eligibility criteria for federal infrastructure funding under Budget 2009: Canada's Economic Action Plan. |
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Charting the Course of Nova Scotia's Life Sciences Industry
SmartWhale has partnered with Halifax
Global Inc. to build consensus among Nova Scotia's life sciences industry on how to realize its global market opportunities.
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Nova Scotian Competitiveness in Foreign Markets
SmartWhale Consulting is developing country profiles that identify trade opportunities for key sectors in Nova Scotia. The profiles provide specific sectors in Nova Scotia with the information they need to begin assessing the suitability of their products and services in a given market, and whether more detailed market entry and distribution plans are warranted. |
Opportunity Identification in
the US Midwest.
SmartWhale Consulting identified more than one hundred companies in the US Midwest in the financial services, logistics and transportation, life sciences and ICT sectors as potential buyers of Atlantic Canadian products or potential partners with Atlantic Canadian companies. |
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California's Gaming Industry.
The entertainment software industry that produces interactive games on a variety of electronic platforms has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. SmartWhale Consulting assessed a provincial government's prospects at growing its own gaming industry cluster. SmartWhale provided an overview of California's gaming industry, where much of the industry's corporate decision-making exists; analyzed how the province could fit into the global network of game development; and, identified a number of key industry players to help grow the cluster.
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| Where India's IT-BPO and International Logistics Sectors Cluster: Opportunities for Investment.
SmartWhale Consulting assessed the port cities of Mumbai, Chennai, Kochi and Kolkata in terms of their attractiveness to Business Process Outsourcing providers and those looking to increase cross-Atlantic trade and investment.
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DND Business Case, Nova Scotia
In 2008, the Greater Halifax Partnership, with the support of the Nova Scotia provincial departments of Economic Development, Intergovernmental Affairs and Finance, commissioned SmartWhale Consulting to develop a business case for the retention and expansion of the Department of National Defence in Halifax and Greenwood. The final report, DND in Halifax and Greenwood: Strengths and Oportunities, identifies a number of ways in which local stakeholders can retain and grow the DND presence, given the current political and military context. This context includes: growing concerns about Canadian and international security and Arctic sovereignty; greater attrition rates within the Canadian Forces; and, DND re-organization and expansion that will see greater procurement with emphasis on research and development of new technologies. |
Policy Implementation and Assistance Project (PIAP), Vietnam
PIAP supports economic and administrative reform processes in Vietnam and strengthens the policy planning and formulation capabilities of key organizations.
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Labrador Atlas Project, Labrador
The Labrador Atlas Project incorporates Innu Ecological Knowledge (IEK) and Western science-based data into a cumulative effects atlas of Labrador. It was designed with ongoing Innu input to assist in identifying impacts of potential developments on Innu resources.
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