Components of a business (part 1 - design, delivery and customer relations)
14th February 2019

In the first of a two-part article, we look at what it takes to run a thriving information centre, focusing in particular on service design, service delivery and customer relations. Part two will focus on partnership management, evaluation and continuous improvement and future planning.

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Mini review of Dimensions - discovery and analytics
12th February 2019

We review Dimensions, developed by Digital Science as part of a larger portfolio of research support applications. The current version was launched in 2018 and we explore its functionality as a multi-faceted discovery tool, database and analytics platform.

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Product review of CEIC CDMNext (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
11th February 2019

The final part of our product review of CEIC's CDMNext, a platform that delivers economic and investment research to economists, analysts, investors, corporations, and universities around the world. We also look at some of its competitors, such as Haver, Macrobond and The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU), what plans the company has to expand its range of data further and its compelling range of subscription options.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3120

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Product review of CEIC CDMNext (technology - search & user interface; outputs & alerts; administration)
8th February 2019

In the third part of our product review of CEIC's CDMNext, a platform that delivers economic and investment research to economists, analysts, investors, corporations, and universities around the world, we take a look at its search features, in particular, the use of insights, which are datasets based on a selection of time-series. We also look at its output options and how data can easily be downloaded in Excel, PDF, PNG or JPG.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3120

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Community deck - Jinfo for content purchasing
7th February 2019

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Product review of CEIC CDMNext (sources - content & coverage)
7th February 2019

In the second part of our product review of CEIC's CDMNext, a platform that delivers economic and investment research to economists, analysts, investors, corporations, and universities around the world, we explore the wealth of data and variety of sources on offer. With main indicators including business & economic surveys, government & public finance, bank statistics and more. It also looks at its three main database offerings which include the Global Databases, the Premium Databases and World Trend Plus.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3120

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Product review of CEIC CDMNext (key advantages; introduction; contact details)
6th February 2019

CEIC offers macro and microeconomic data from global primary sources, particularly emerging economies. We last looked at the product in 2011 and decided to revisit it to find out how it's evolved. In this first part of our full product review, we look at the company and its platform, CDMNext, that delivers economic and investment research to economists, analysts, investors, corporations, and universities around the world. We also find out how the product has changed since then with the introduction of its new datasets and databases as well as some of the key advantages of the product.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3120

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Product review of CEIC CDMNext
6th February 2019

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Market landscape - key facets of intelligence systems
31st January 2019

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Product review of D&B Hoovers (value - help & training; competitors; development; pricing)
31st January 2019

In the final part of her review, Eileen Steer looks at the value that D&B Hoovers delivers to customers and assesses the help and training available, as well as competitor products such as DiscoverOrg, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Hubspot Sales, Pipedrive and Scoro and what the pricing options are.

Note: Full review (PDF) at /go/sub/report/3117

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