What’s Trending in Procurement and Supply Market Information and Research Offerings
By Jeanette Jones and Kelly Barner The advancement of technology is pushing us forward and allowing for more laser-focused insights, obtained more quickly and efficiently while utilizing greater volumes of…
Advertising Research Provider WARC Relaunches WARC Data
WARC (The World Advertising Research Center) is a one-stop provider of research (mostly secondary) for advertising and media agencies, brands, market researchers, media owners, and universities. In October, WARC announced…
OpenOwnership’s Goal is to Make Anonymous Company Ownership Data Easily Accessible
Anonymous shell companies enable corruption, fraud, organised crime and tax evasion. The wider the access to high quality data on who owns what, the harder it will be for corrupt…
Just In Time for Summer Reading: An Abundance of Newly Released Reports and Indices for Procurement and SCM
OK. I’m kidding about the title. I already have my list of summer novels I hope to enjoy, starting with The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. I’m not kidding, however,…
Legal Services Innovation Index Measures the State of Legal-Services Delivery Innovation
The Legal Services Innovation Index, created by Daniel W. Linna Jr., measures and assesses innovation to help in better understanding the legal innovation landscape. Version 1.0 of the Index was…
AlphaSense and IPlytics: Two AI and Machine-Learning Driven Market Intelligence Platforms To Keep an Eye On
AlphaSense Jack Kokko and Raj Neervannan launched AlphaSense, out of New York, in 2011 and now more than 1000 corporate and financial clients are using the platform. They have taken…
IHS Markit Exchanges TMT Intelligence Business for Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence Group
On May 22, IHS Markit and Informa announced the exchange of the majority of the IHS Markit Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) intelligence business for Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence Group. Lance…
Golden’s Impressive Mission to Fill Knowledge Gap for Emerging Technologies, New Startups and Ideas
Initial View: Golden offers exciting possibilities for innovation intelligence, especially with startup supplier and competitive landscape discovery CEO and founder Jude Gomila of Golden is a big fan of Wikipedia…
Procurement Research, Fake News and Detecting Baloney
IBISWorld published my article, “Detecting Fake News and Baloney During Procurement Research,” in July 2017. In the article I provide background information and a checklist that procurement (and business) professionals…