Who will police the police? AllTheAnalysts.com?
In an episode of The Simpsons when Homer creates a vigilante group to track down a cat burglar, Lisa, concerned over their abuse of…
Influencers
Analysts are less vertical than the vendors are
One of our readers emailed me to ask about analysts that cover the building and construction industry. Our research shows that very few analysts…
Gap widens between analysts’ media profile and sales impact
The chart on the left compares a group of 147 leading industry analysts according to their individual profile in the media and their impact…
Analysts determine opinions industry-wide
The chart on the right shows how strongly different influencers affect big-business purchasing. For a larger version, click here. The data come from an…
Ovum buys Orbys to grow outsourcing services
Ovum’s purchase of Orbys Consulting seems to have all the right strings attached. The deal extends Ovum’s client base of large user organizations and…
From the ‘water cycle’ to the ‘analyst cycle’
We have always been skeptical of the view that the fundamental trend in the analyst industry is one of consolidation. While it’s a lot easier…
Why Analysts Excel At Navigating Red Oceans
Professors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne of INSEAD, a well-known business school in Fontainebleau, France, whose book Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create…
‘Tis the season to make forecasts….
It’s funny: I was just speaking to someone today who is collecting predictions for 2006 from her colleagues, so that they can track themselves…
In the final analysis, are analysts wrong?
For the past few weeks I’ve been mulling over an article by Martin Waller. Waller reports some research into equity analysts that shows that…
Analysts: a $15 billion market?
Pleon says that Decision making is not getting any easier – Analysts help buyers make a vendor or product selection. An interesting comment, from…