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Safety in Numbers? Crowdfunding and Competitive Intelligence
Thursday, 16th May 2013
In the years since crowdfunding started generating millions in funding, writers have covered crowdfunding projects either as success stories like Amanda Palmer's $1.25 million project, or they give marketing advice. This article shows how crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) such as Kickstarter and Crowdcube, reward or equity-based, could be a source of competitive intelligence.
Gleaning Competitive Intelligence from Crowdfunding
Tuesday, 14th May 2013
With the US JOBS Act opening up the crowdfunding market to venture capital in the US, the business world has taken notice of the new market. This article suggests that crowdfunding platforms (based on the combination of crowdsourcing and microfinance) offer access to open source market data - ready to be mined by information professionals.
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Tuesday, 7th May 2013
In contrast to investment ratings agencies such as Standard & Poors, consumer credit reporting services get a relatively clean bill of health, according to a report by the United States Policy & Economic Research Council (PERC) which compares its own assessment with another by the Federal Trade Commission. However, the low percentage of errors could still amount to a lot of missed business opportunities considering the number of credit subjects involved – a situation quite likely exacerbated by findings from FindLaw showing that over 20% of Americans have never bothered to check their credit scores for accuracy.
Competitive Intelligence: Analyse Company Information to Understand Corporate Strategy
Thursday, 2nd May 2013
Milan Dalal of the Brook Intelligence Centre discusses the research and analysis you need to conduct in order to understand your competitors' and clients' corporate strategies. Historical and current context are essential along with major events and third party views and Milan discusses which information sources can help you identify these key elements.
Competitive Intelligence: Deciphering Corporate Strategy using Secondary Sources
Wednesday, 1st May 2013
As part of FreePint’s series of articles on competitive intelligence focused on helping information professionals gain a competitive advantage over technology, Milan Dalal of the Brook Intelligence Centre explains how piecing together the clues contained within secondary sources can surface a company’s strategy. He details why there is an increasing need for this type of analysis, the sources to consider, and how to critically evaluate them. He also demonstrates how your opinions can add value to the process.
Social Media Disclosure Means More Headaches for Info Pros
Wednesday, 24th April 2013
The United States Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) has ruled that companies may use social media to disclose company information so long as investors know to look for it there. But, despite services like Thomson Reuters’ Accelus Disclosure Solutions, there’s always the risk of unauthorised premature announcements. Pressure from Ovum on European banks to improve their social media presence, and new UK rules on directors’ remuneration reporting, could also complicate the situation – not to mention findings from Pew that social media comment may not even be representative of opinion generally.
ReportLinker: A Comprehensive Deep Web Crawler
Friday, 12th April 2013
Claiming the largest online collection of industry, company and country reports, ReportLinker uses semantic search technology to pull results from the deep web. This allows researchers to trawl around 200,000 public sources at once - along with premium content, reports from around 450 private publishers including World Market Intelligence, The Economist Intelligence Unit and Global Markets Direct.
Product Review of ReportLinker: Sources, Content & Coverage
Friday, 5th April 2013
Continuing her review of ReportLinker, Aileen Marshall examines the sources within this comprehensive resource. Users gain unlimited access to 200,000 public source documents through a subscription service, while premium reports from around 450 private publishers are available for individual purchase.
Mini Review: LogixData SECAnalyzer
Monday, 18th March 2013
Jan Knight reviews LogixData's SECAnalyzer™, an online database offering SEC compliance and disclosure intelligence to law firms, auditors and corporations. The goal of the product is to "deliver insight on SEC disclosures through data, analytics, & technology".
FreePint Report: Research - Part 2 (Information Content)
Friday, 22nd February 2013
Twice a year, FreePint publishes a compendium of articles supporting different areas of information work. This report collects six months' worth of articles tagged with the category of research. Our guest editor Jan Knight looks at the spectrum of research topics, with a
particular eye to...
Privacy - it's Complicated
Thursday, 21st February 2013
Growing popular support for a "do-not-track" option could seriously threaten internet-based eCommerce, Ovum warns - adding to other comment which raises doubts about both the effectiveness and the intrusiveness of social media and sentiment analytics. Yet official signals about privacy action remain confused at present, with the European Union under pressure from several quarters about its developing data protection regime and Britain's Information Commissioner's Office apparently watering down its own policy on cookies.
Key Note Reinvents Itself as a Business Intelligence Tool
Tuesday, 12th February 2013
Market report publisher Key Note was acquired by Alistair Pauline in 2009. Its strategy subsequently has been to broaden its content and functionality, positioning it firmly in the business intelligence tools area. Andrew Grave investigates how successful Key Note has been in achieving this goal.
Product Review of Key Note: Executive Summary
Monday, 11th February 2013
Key Note has a single web platform through which it delivers its services. Until recently, these were just its well-known Market Reports. In the last three years, it has added Business Ratio Reports, credit reports, Companies House filings, a list generator tool and, this January, a company benchmarking tool. In this executive summary, Andrew Grave outlines the highlights of FreePint’s first review of the product.
Key Note: Customer Support, Pricing, Conclusion & Contact Details
Monday, 11th February 2013
The final section of Andrew Graves review of Key Note looks at customer support and pricing, along with his conclusion of the product.
Key Note: Report Contents
Monday, 11th February 2013
Reports within Key Note provide researchers with in-depth information on organisations and Andrew Grave continues his review of Key Note by investigating exactly what the information professional can expect from tools such as the report, benchmarking and list functions.
Key Note: Interface, Search and Tools
Monday, 11th February 2013
This section of Andrew Grave's review of Key Note looks into the options for searching the market research reports and subsequently refining the initial results.
Key Note: Sources, Content & Coverage
Monday, 11th February 2013
As part of his review of Key Note, Andrew Grave investigates what's offered in the market reports section which comprises around 2,000 reports, and what the 1,000+ business ratio reports offer in terms of comparison of financial data from leading companies.
Key Note: Introduction and FreePint's View
Monday, 11th February 2013
Best known as a market intelligence source, Key Note now provides company information through Companies House filings. Andrew Grave provides an in-depth report of the product and its evolution.
FreePint Report: Product Review of Key Note
Monday, 11th February 2013
Best known as a market intelligence source, Key Note now provides company information through Companies House filings. Andrew Grave provides an in-depth report of the product and its evolution.
Reviewed by Andrew Grave
Introduction and FreePint's View
Sources, Content and...
FreePint Report: Research - Part 1 (Information Practice)
Tuesday, 5th February 2013
Twice a year, FreePint publishes a compendium of articles supporting different areas of information work. This report collects six months' worth of articles tagged with the category of research. Our guest editor Jan Knight looks at the spectrum of research topics, with a
particular eye to...
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