Frost & Sullivan's Economic Research & Analytics division provides in-depth research focused on timely and critical global, regional, country-specific trends, including the political, demographic, and socioeconomic landscapes.

In this dynamic global business environment, knowledge of country-specific factors is vital for effective decision-making. Specifically, our Economic Research & Analytics information about political situations, policy decisions, and prevailing economic conditions are important when making both strategic and tactical business decisions.

Based on Frost & Sullivan's Economic Research, and supported by Frost & Sullivan's team of economic analysts and experts around the globe, the Economic Research & Analytics Group provides a unique service, which includes analyses and forecasts for both countries and industries. These services are a must for senior-level decision-makers, analysts, industry observers, and marketing professionals.

About the Economic Research Division

Frost & Sullivan's Economic Research team brings the advantage of dual expertise in their services - each team member combines an industry focus with a specific functional area of expertise. The functional areas include the following:

• Consumption and Investment Economics
• Financial Economics
• Labor Economics
• Political Economics
• Business Policy Economics

Vinod (Vinnie) Aggarwal

Vinod (Vinnie) Aggarwal

Vinod (Vinnie) Aggarwal is Chief Economist for Frost & Sullivan. He is also a professor in the Department of Political Science and the Business and Public Policy group in the Haas School of Business, and director of the Berkeley Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Study Center (BASC) at the University of California at Berkeley, editor-in-chief of the journal Business and Politics, and co-chair of the U.S. Consortium of APEC Study Centers. From 1991-1994, he chaired the Political Economy of Industrial Societies Program at UC Berkeley.

Aggarwal received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his M.A. and Ph.D. with a focus on international political economy from Stanford University. He has held fellowships from the Brookings Institution, Rockefeller Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations, East-West Center, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and an Abe Fellowship from the Japan Foundation for 2008-2009. He has also been a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, the University of Geneva's IOMBA program, INSEAD, Yonsei University, and Bocconi University. He is also a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and founding member of the U.S. Asia Pacific Council.

Aggarwal consults regularly with multinational corporations on strategy, trade policy, and international negotiations, including Russell Investments, the Investment Management Consultants Association, Cisco, Statoil, ING Clarion, Hewlett Packard, Qualcomm, Herman Miller, Italcementi, ARCO, and Nestle. He has been a consultant to the Mexican Government, the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Defense Department, U.S. State Department, World Trade Organization, OECD, the Group of Thirty, IFAD, the International Labor Organization, ASEAN, and the World Bank. In 1990, he was special advisor on Trade Negotiations to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and has worked with the APEC Eminent Persons Group. In 1997, he won the Cheit Outstanding Teaching Award at the Haas School of Business for Ph.D. teaching; in 2003 he was first runner-up for the Cheit Award for MBA teaching, and won first place for the MBA program in 2005.

His authored books include Liberal Protectionism, International Debt Threat, Debt Games, Le Renseignement Stratégique d'Entreprise, Une Nouvelle Approche des Phénomènes Sociaux, and he has edited Institutional Designs for a Complex World, Asia-Pacific Crossroads, Winning in Asia: European Style, Winning in Asia: Japanese Style, Winning in Asia: U.S. Style, Sovereign Debt Management, European Union Trade Strategies, The Strategic Dynamics of Latin American Trade, Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia Pacific, and Asia's New Institutional Architecture. His newest book is Northeast Asia: Ripe for Integration? Aggarwal has also published more than 70 articles and book chapters on the politics of trade and finance. His current research examines comparative regionalism in Europe, North America, and Asia, with a focus on implications for the international system and multinational corporations. Aggarwal speaks five languages. He was born in Seattle, Washington.

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Contact:

Email: Vinnie.aggarwal@frost.com
Tel: 510-290-9176

Board of Economic Advisors:

COUNTRY INDUSTRY FORECASTS BY MARKET

Aerospace & Defense			Chemicals, Materials & Foods
Communication & IT			Electronics
Environment & Energy			Healthcare
Industrial Automation			Transportation