SmartWhale Consulting

Institutional Capacity-Building

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:42:15 +0000

SmartWhale Consulting’s Institutional Capacity-Building services are aimed at providing organizations in developing countries and transition economies with the skills and mechanisms needed to foster private sector development.

More specifically, we assist international financial institutions (IFIs), governments, industry associations and business development authorities to:

-Establish economic development authorities and investment promotion agencies;
-Forge public-private partnerships for economic development;
-Develop and implement Business Retention and Expansion programs;
-Establish technology-driven market intelligence programs to increase inward foreign direct investment;
-Facilitate trade through export mentoring; and,
-Provide actionable research to grow business at home and abroad.

Our capacity-building services and products include:

-Small Micro & Medium-Sized Enterprise (SMME) Development
-Business Support Organisation (BSO) Support
-Competitive Intelligence
-Sector Studies & Growth Strategies
-Business/Marketing Plan Development

Fred Morley Greater Halifax Partnership

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:19:09 +0000

“We’ve used SmartWhale’s services for a number of reasons. Jake Whalen understands our needs, is quick to get work done, and our partners enjoy working with him. He grasps complex issues with ease, and he produces the solid research we need to grow our municipality.”

Dale Robertson Enerscan Engineering Inc

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:17:20 +0000

“SmartWhale Consulting led a study for me. Not only was its work precise and on time, by the completion of the project SmartWhale had done what would have cost us twenty per cent more from any other consultant, and likely their work would have been less complete and less professional. We were completely satisfied and have planned further work directly as a result of this good work. The benefits to Nova Scotia will be significant.”

Stephen O’Leary Institute for Marine Biosciences — National Research Council Canada

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:03:11 +0000

“Working with Smart Whale Consulting was effortless and brought specialized research and analysis capabilities to our program that would have otherwise been lacking. Mr. Whalen’s ability to gather, evaluate, and package complex data from a variety of sources and effectively communicate the relevant information to senior decision-makers in Canada and the United States greatly accelerated the progress of our international collaboration in renewable fuels development and has been critical to the successful completion of project milestones and deliverables.”

Jo Ann Fewer Colchester Regional Development Agency

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 08:58:27 +0000

“Jake Whalen does a thorough job of mining relevant and pertinent information for a project. He is competent at transferring that data into solid recommendations. I was extremely pleased with his work.”

Jeff Mactavish City of Miramichi

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:34:09 +0000

“When the City of Miramichi decided to diversify its economic base into green energy, we had visions of wind turbines on our skylines and solar panels reaching towards the sun producing energy. SmartWhale Consulting provided us with a different vision for diversification based on our manufacturing strengths in the region. The attraction strategy developed by SmartWhale Consulting provides a clearer vision of where we should be going in our diversification efforts, and is based on the human capital assets of the region. It will allow us to focus our attraction efforts on selling our people and infrastructure instead of financial incentives.”

Michael McCabe Stikeman Elliott-Experco International

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:32:15 +0000

“Mr. Whalen did a terrific job for us in Hanoi. He took the initiative with our senior Vietnamese government counterparts and helped them define the issues in the areas in which they sought assistance. He did the back-up research thoroughly and organized effective workshops designed to bring Canadian expertise and experience to the development of Vietnam’s emerging market economy and legal framework.”

Carolyn Nicholson Entrepreneurs’ Forum

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:04:41 +0000

“SmartWhale Consulting provided exceptional feedback and advice very relevant to our clients’ needs and challenges. We are thrilled to have the firm as one of our newest advisors and welcome the opportunity to work with SmartWhale in the future!”

Margaret Kay-Arora YMCA Canada East

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:54:29 +0000

“The YMCA Canada East Management Resource Centre hired SmartWhale for a project to develop a document for the Federal Government that outlined the intentions for all YMCAs and YMCA-YWCAs in the Atlantic Region to utilize the upcoming infrastructure funding. The time line was very tight and the details were complex, but the firm was able to professionally and competently deliver a high quality product on time. We were very pleased with the results.”

International Trade Research

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:59:11 +0000

Successful and globally-minded firms are using new and aggressive means to maximize their profits, whether it is through exports, imports used to create exports, inward and outward foreign direct investment (FDI), and offshore outsourcing, or a combination thereof. Integrative trade is indeed complex. Solid international trade research and marketing, therefore, is essential for maximizing its benefits and mitigating its risks.

Through in-depth secondary research, consultations and in-country assessments, we scope foreign markets, develop market entry strategies and evaluate import opportunities on behalf of businesses and their support organizations. We also assess international trade instruments on behalf of public clients.

Our international trade research services and products include:

-Import/Export Readiness Assessments
-Export Mentoring
-Market Readiness Assessments
-Market Entry Strategies
-Foreign Competitive Intelligence
-International Trade Policy Development