• July 24, 2008 GIA White Paper 3/2008 Features Case Examples on Market Intelligence for Sales and Marketing
• June 05, 2008 UK Results of the Global Market Intelligence Survey 2008 Suggest Increases in MI Investments
• May 7, 2008 Global Intelligence Alliance Releases Global Market Intelligence Survey 2008, the Most Extensive MI Study Conducted To Date
• April 14, 2008 American Automobile Association Chooses Global Intelligence Alliance as Market Intelligence Software Partner
• April 14, 2008 Growing Demand for International Market Intelligence among U.S. Companies to Support Market Entry and Expansion
• March 25, 2008 Global Intelligence Alliance Expands in the Netherlands
• March 18, 2008 World-Class Market Intelligence Practices Presented in New York at the Global Intelligence Alliance Customer Seminar
• March 12, 2008 Global Intelligence Alliance and Toronto Region Research Alliance Start Collaboration to Attract Investment in Ontario
• February 29, 2008 GatewayBaltic Joins the Global Intelligence Alliance Network
• January 24, 2008 Strategic Intelligence Processes at Five Large Companies Featured in GIA White Paper 1/2008 on MI for Strategic Planning

Global Intelligence Alliance and Toronto Region Research Alliance Start Collaboration to Attract Investment in Ontario

Global Intelligence Alliance, a world-wide leader in customized Market Intelligence services and solutions, announces its collaboration with Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA). TRRA has chosen Global Intelligence Alliance to be a partner in identifying potential investors in Ontario.

The Toronto Region is considered one of the largest, most productive and most competitive concentrations of research and development talent in the world. With its $327.8 billion GDP, the Toronto Region is a larger economy than Ireland, Finland, Hong Kong, Switzerland or Singapore.Toronto is a leading North American economic hub with major clusters in financial services, ICT, bio-pharmaceuticals and automotive sectors. Availability of capital, world-class research capability and high quality standard of living make the Toronto Region an attractive location for companies to invest in.

TRRA’s mandate is to attract new innovative research-intensive companies in the Toronto area and expand those already present. Global Intelligence Alliance will help TRRA by analyzing selected sectors and market territories as well as providing identified opportunities for TRRA to attract new R&D investment in Ontario.

Jouko Virtanen, President of Global Intelligence Alliance North America, comments, “We are very proud to have TRRA as a customer and also to have the opportunity to contribute to the success of the Toronto Region. Toronto has also been the headquarters for our own North American operations for four years, and there is certainly a good reason for that.”

”With our strong global presence, we are able to support TRRA and the Province of Ontario by providing access to the best companies around world,” Virtanen continues.

Michael Williams, SVP, Investment Attraction, Toronto Region Research Alliance, says, “Partnering with Global Intelligence Alliance provides us with the international reach as well as the analytical capability that will help us to identify potential investors.“


For further information, please contact:

Jouko Virtanen, President, Global Intelligence Alliance North America
Tel. +1 416 231 0828 extension 2101

Michael Williams, SVP, Investment Attraction, Toronto Region Research Alliance
Tel. +1- 416 673 6676

About Global Intelligence Alliance
Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) provides clients with a single source for customized Market Intelligence services: market monitoring, business research projects, the Intelligence Plaza™ software, consulting and training. Through its full-range service offering, GIA helps customers set up and conduct Market Intelligence activities that serve both strategic and operative decision-making. The GIA network consists of GIA Group companies and independent Member and Research Partner organizations that operate in more than 100 countries.

About Toronto Region Research Alliance
The Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA) is an innovative network of regional leaders engaged in transforming the Toronto region into a world-leading centre for research and research-intensive industry. TRRA serves the broader Toronto Region, embracing Durham, Guelph, Halton, Hamilton, Peel, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington and York regions. Our board of directors is composed of senior leaders from business, university, colleges and hospitals in the region. TRRA is a results-oriented, non-profit organization supported by a wide range of regional stakeholders and the governments of Ontario and Canada.