InformationWeek’s Larry Greenemeier and Paul McDougall have written to suggest that the growing contradiction between analyst firm’s obligations to vendors and to buyer is subject to a uncomfortable conspiracy of

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Cross-cultural issues loom large in the AR teams of most multinationals, and there is an interesting discussion on whether the German offices of US firms are closer to the German

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Dr. Thorsten Wichman, CEO of the Berlecon Research firm in Germany, has something to say about my hypothesis about why analysts’ consulting services are so much more in demand there.

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New Readers: Start Here!

Readership of this blog is continuing to rise, it’s time to take a moment to explain who writes this blog and where we are coming from. In a nutshell, Duncan

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I think a great way to get more leverage from your analyst portal is to ask analysts what information they would like — not just from your firm but from

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Evaluating the effectiveness of analyst outreach is Lighthouse’s key activity. One insight it gives us is that even vendors with well-resourced and positive media relations often develop poor relationships with

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Why is the business model for the analyst firms so different in the German-speaking regions? The greater interest in custom consulting projects outstrips demand for research. This is great news

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Presented below is some food for thought in making AR resolutions for 2006: Stress flexibility and agility of our company’s execution over dominating power. Even for Microsoft this is more

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