"You Are Where You Live"

By Jami Miedema Demographic information is helpful to find out population characteristics for economic and marketing research. But what if you want to look beyond the distribution of certain traits of a community and understand their culture? Would it be useful to...

Website of the Month: EDPro News

By Leigh Howe Many of you know the Morrison brothers, Ed & Thompson.  And if you haven’t taken a look at their EDPro.net, you should.  Specifically, take a look at the EDPro Weblog they have put together.  It is an up-to-date collection of news articles relevant...

Featured Website: Google.com

By Jeff Kelley We love Google. We all use it here at Whittaker Associates and have found that it is the most useful search engine for finding whatever it is we are looking for. It looks like a straightforward search engine, but there is a lot more to Google than the...

Featured Website: MckinseyQuarterly.com

By Jeff Vedders An interesting web site we came across recently was The McKinsey Quarterly at www.mckinseyquartlerly.com.  The McKinsey Quarterly is an on-line journal with articles on business strategy, published by McKinsey & Company, a management consulting...

Measuring Innovative Companies

By Leigh Howe How do you identify innovative companies?  Using R&D intensity, patent information, and other financial information can help you pinpoint companies that are not only innovative but also successful. R&D intensity.  R&D spending as a percentage...