Performance benchmarking
To create more engaging and actionable thought leadership, our economists can create innovative high-level benchmarking tools for comparing views, strategies, and performance on management strategies and digital solutions.
ThoughtLab has years of experience creating diagnostic surveys that deliver valuable benchmarking data on business strategies, investment plans, organizational approaches, and digital usage. Once we gather the data, our economists create benchmarking models that allow corporate and city leaders to benchmark themselves against peers in any targeted area. These tools can show where a company or city stands on a maturity curve and the performance results, based on quantitative evidence, to be achieved by progressing to the next stage.
Our economists have built models that show urban leaders how their smart programs stack up with other cities, enable executives to compare their cybersecurity practices and results with peer companies, and help financial firms compare their digital transformation progress with their competitors.
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Mastercard Shadow Economy
The shadow economy, sometimes called the informal or underground economy, comprises economic activity that takes place outside of formal channels—generally to avoid governmental scrutiny and taxation—and is not included in the officially calculated gross national product (GNP). It results in significant social, economic, cultural, and political challenges. To better understand the impact of the shadow […]
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