Clearing up after the financial storm after the last weeks, we see a rather different world economy. After the stock and currency revaluations, only 36 of the 100 firms with
Barbara French, a savvy follower of the analyst industry, notes that the expansion of US analyst firms into China is unlikely to produce meaningful influence on technology purchasing there –
The reality of the credit crisis and the potential for an economic downturn is a hugely important dynamic in our market. Lighthouse is proposing holding a seminar in May to
It’s probably going to be a great year, with new challenges, for analyst relations professionals. While United States businesspeople may be able to produce a recession by acting out their
Can brands survive in emerging markets? Today I’ve been hearing how Katerina Mavroidis, the Beijing-based global brand strategist, answers that question. For the last few years Mavroidis has been helping
“How to build business relations in China?” “How to influence a Japanese decision-maker?” “How to source information from Korea?” When working with Chinese, Japanese and Korean industry analysts, these are
My colleague Ivana Lazovic has been leading some fascinating research to see on which geographies analysts seem to be focusing their work. As you can imagine, it’s sort of question
Longhaus has written an interesting article on the closure of Gartner’s consulting business in Australia, which touches on a real interest of mine: price elasticity. I’m drafting something on that,
