Christopher Baynard

The Center for Economic and GIS Research (CEGR) is dedicated to providing state of the art economic and geographic analysis to help businesses and government agencies in Northeast Florida improve their economic planning and forecasting. The CEGR Mission is to pursue the following activities: •Grow institutional relationships with the local community •Foster community based research projects by engaging faculty research interests with community needs •Conduct economic and GIS research on topics relevant to the Northeast Florida region •Disseminate research results at the local, state and national levels

Our mission is to create a business sustainability knowledge network with Coggin at its hub.The CSBP thus serve as a resource for business that endeavor to make sustainability a central element of their corporate strategy. The CSBP strive to provide intellectual resources that encourage the development of sustainable enterprises in the First Coast region. The Center promote corporate sustainability by addressing economic prosperity, environmental improvement, and social responsibility. The Center work with the academic community, business enterprises and civic society to encourage business organizations to work towards: generating employment, raising the quality of life; respecting cultural diversity; encouraging ethical behavior; and conserving the ecological integrity of the planet.

The Center for Economic and GIS Research (CEGR) is an interdisciplinary Center providing research and science based solutions in a variety of business settings. Founded in 2005 at the suggestion of Economics faculty members Andres Gallo, Chris Johnson and Albert Loh, the CEGR works with community businesses, governmental entities and non profits to resolve business problems and provide science based solutions. When conducting research activities, The Center for Economic and GIS Research relies heavily upon the intellectual capacity and analytical abilities available in its knowledgeable group of faculty Ph.D. research staff, who are largely, but not exclusively, from the Coggin College of Business, Department of Economics and Geography.

 
Recently CEGR has helped a variety of local government and business enterprises to solve difficult challenges. CEGR has published a variety of reports for government, businesses and non-profit institutions that employ cutting edge analytics. CEGR staff develop business solutions utilizing :

• econometric sales, revenues, and inventory forecasting,
• economic impact analysis,
• government and private sector return on investment methodology,
• market potential forecasting,
• business valuation techniques,
• market survey methods,
• business location analysis
• other state of the art economic analyses