Industrial Economics

Industrial Economics, Incorporated, a consulting company, provides professional services to government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and private firms. It engages in assessing the costs and benefits of homeland security regulations, managing the restoration planning process following an oil spill, developing approaches to environmental protection, evaluating the effectiveness of government programs, developing accounting systems, and providing analysis of utility ratemaking proceedings. The company offers its services in the areas of applied economic analysis, evaluation and innovation, damage assessment, strategic finance and accounting, and risk and uncertainty. Its projects include air quality, climate change, water quality, waste management, site remediation and redevelopment, real estate markets, land use planning, endangered species, regulated utilities, homeland security, and community development; greening the built environment, high performance organizations, strategic planning, program evaluation, regulatory innovation, training programs, and performance measurement/PART; economic and natural resource damage assessment; financial analysis, environmental penalty determination, financial responsibility, and cost accounting/cost outreach; and human health risk assessment, risk-based decision making, uncertainty analysis, expert judgment, value of information, and risk communication. The company serves decision makers and regulators, corporate strategic planners, trade associations, and lawyers. Industrial Economics, Incorporated was founded in 1981 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.