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Michael Grant, Principal Michael Grant is the Principal of Grant Insights. He has 20 years of experience in business and economic analysis. This experience has been garnered in eight years as a freelance researcher and through research positions at the Conference Board of Canada, Canada’s largest economic and business think tank. Mr. Grant applies public policy analyses, focus groups, modeling and strategic planning techniques to assist his customers to sort through complex strategic issues. He has helped a wide variety of customers in the private sector, government and the not-for-profit sector understand the global and micro factors shaping their stakeholders’ needs. Mr. Grant prepares customized research to provide customers with insights so that they may anticipate and plan for the future. His customers value his ability to write clearly about complex issues.
Areas Of Expertise - Education supply and labour market demand - Sector studies - Finance and social policy Business Research
- Strategic planning - Best practices of global companies - Cross-cultural management Curriculum Vitae for Michael Grant 1996 Director of Research, Canadian Youth Foundation 1995 Director Marketing, The Conference Board of Canada 1990-95 Director, International , The Conference Board of Canada 1989 International Finance Officer, Department of Finance, Government of Canada 1985-89 Research Economist The Conference Board of Canada Selected Research - Pay-to-Play: Implications of Risk Sharing and Contribution Arrangements for Companies in the Auto and Aerospace Sectors (for the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (2003) - Education and Training Supply for the Aviation and Aerospace Sectors in Ontario: A Strategic View (for Forum Research, 2003) - An Estimate of Alberta's Net Outflow from its Participation in the Canada Pension Plan (for the Alberta Chambers of Commerce, 2003) - Labour Force analysis for Air Canada in-cabin unions (for Ebert, Symes, Street and Corbett, 2002) - Employment and Macroeconomic Situational Analysis supporting Industry Canada's Consumer Trends Report (2002) - Alternative Financial Services Sector in Canada: Findings from Focus Groups (for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 2002) - Brain Gain: The Economic Benefits of Learning Recognition (with Dr. Michael Bloom, The Conference Board of Canada ,2001) - CareersNet: An Approach to Credentialing Employability Skills in Order to Improve the Employment of Youth (2000) - A Value Proposition for the Conference Board of Canada (1999) - A Human Resource Planning Model for Canadian Pacific Railways (1998-2000) - The Case for Asset-Based Social Policy in Canada (1998) - The Entry-Level Costs of Youth Labour (1998) - Implementing a Direct Deposit Regime: The Case of Alberta (1998; Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector) - Disbursement of Social Payments in Canada (1998; Task Force on the Future of the Canadian Financial Services Sector) - Best Corporate Practices on Youth Employment (1997) - Banking on People: Could Citizen Accounts Improve Canada's Prosperity? (With Doug Hull) - Alleviating Youth Unemployment in Canada: Exploring Enterprise and Entrepreneurial Approaches (1997) - Ponzi Game Up?: Canadian Youth and the Canada Pension Plan Reforms (1996) - Profiting From China's Rapid Economic Growth: A Canadian Perspective of Guangdong Province (1995) - A Survey of Interprovincial Trade Barriers (1994) - NAFTA Extension to Latin America: The Business Case (1994) - The Tax Competitiveness of the Canadian Tourism Industry (1993) - Canadian Export Opportunities in Mexico (1993) - Barriers to Inter-provincial Trade: Implications for Business (1992) - Canada's Business Links with Pakistan (1991) - International Tax Competitiveness of the Canadian Airline Industry (1991) - Canada's Business Links with the Maquiladora Industry (1991) - International Tax Competitiveness of the Canadian Railway Industry (1990) - The Trade Commissioner Service in the Year 2000 (1990) Educational Background 1983 Masters (First class, Economics)Leicester University, Leicester UNITED KINGDOM 1982 B.A. (Economics/Political Science)Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA |
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