Selected prior projects
Ibensoft has provided advice and analysis using advanced benchmarking methods in the projects below, each one commissioned individually.
Danish Energy Regulatory Authority
Energy regulation · Denmark
Economic modelling and benchmarking support, training and software development for the Danish energy regulator, since renamed the Danish Utility Regulator (Forsyningstilsynet).
Norwegian Energy Regulator (NVE)
Electricity distribution regulation · Norway
Efficiency model development and norm models for the regulation of electricity distribution, including dynamic yardstick elements proposed for a subsequent revision of Norwegian electricity distribution regulation.
Fundep
Electricity distribution regulation · Brazil
Structural efficiency analysis of Brazilian electricity distribution companies, and evaluation of the regulator's proposal for the fourth cycle of periodic tariff revision.
Danish Productivity Commission and KORA (now VIVE)
Municipal services · Denmark
Municipal efficiency analysis across more than 40 performance indicators in childcare, schools and elderly care, and individualised performance reports for close to half of all Danish municipalities.
INSEAD
Private equity and family firms · France
Development of interactive benchmarking software for INSEAD's Private Equity Initiative and its work on family firms.
DANVA — Danish Water and Waste Water Association
Water utilities · Denmark
A sector service project enabling individual waterworks to conduct performance evaluations reflecting their own conditions, mission, and focus. A series of pre-specified DEA models covers both aggregate performance and individual operational processes, including energy efficiency. Delivered as IB-Win programs with regular data updates.
CUNA — Credit Union National Association
Credit unions · USA
Developed jointly with Professors Harold Fried (USA) and Philippe Vanden Eeckaut (Belgium). CUBenchmarker enables tailored efficiency comparisons among US credit unions. The dataset comprised more than 10,000 credit unions with more than 700 variables each across five periods. Delivered as both a Windows application and an internet-accessible platform.
NZa — Nederlandse Zorgautoriteit (Dutch Health Care Authority)
Hospital efficiency and merger analysis · Netherlands
To understand cost structures in the hospital sector and estimate potential efficiency gains from mergers, NZa deployed a specialised version of IB-Win. The IB-Merger software supports analysis of both horizontal and vertical mergers, and allows evaluation of resource reallocation as an alternative to full consolidation.
Scandinavia Health Promotion
Health and nutrition benchmarking · Denmark
A web-based system developed to benchmark nutritional choices, exercise patterns, and individual and group health profiles. Enables users to track health status over time and supports active behavioural change based on frontier comparisons with high-performing peers.