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20+ Market Research Sources on Dialog Profound

For market research professionals, the value of cutting-edge market research is obvious. Reviewing vital information contained in reports, forecasts, analysis and statistics and using this information correctly can be the driving force behind better business decisions. However, gathering critical data from various respected sources demands two commodities in short supply in today's increasingly competitive corporate environment: time and money.

Information professionals can spend hundreds of hours reviewing market research data to uncover a key nugget of information vital to their company's success, often because the reports and data are extensive and are not easy to search through for key items. Further, the cost of subscribing to key research reports and data gathered by respected independent sources can be prohibitive because much of the information in various reports and analyses is not pertinent to the information needs of the researcher.

Dialog Profound is the right solution for today's market researcher. It delivers the sources these information professionals demand along with an easy-to-use interface that allows the user to easily search up-to-date and archived reports for the information they need, quickly and affordably.

Content that Provides Answers

With over 100 of the world's top market research companies offering current and archived reports, Dialog Profound already maintains one of the most comprehensive collections of market research reports available. More than 140,000 reports on subjects ranging from retail to pharmaceuticals to metals and mining are available. These sources include exclusive reports from well-known research firms Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor, Freedonia, IBIS, and IDC.

Recently, Dialog Profound has added more than 20 new content providers covering media, information technology, telecom, metals and the pharmaceutical industry:

• Aberdeen Group – closely monitors users' needs, technological innovations, and market developments.
  
  
• ARC Advisory Group – provides technology planning and consulting services to manufacturing companies. Its studies include reports on Warehouse management systems, HMI software and Open Control software.
  
  
• Asia Pulse Research – a key source of constantly updated industry-specific information, business intelligence and opportunities. They combine news, expert commentary and statements to produce a guide on industries in Asian countries.
  
  
• Cahners In-Stat – provides analysis and perspective of digital communications market research.
  
  
• Decision Resources – provides detailed assessments of technologies and evaluations of their business implications in markets such as apparel, biotechnology, electronics, health care, medical devices and telecommunications.
  
  
• Gartner Group's Dataquest – offers in-depth reports and studies on global IT markets for semiconductors, computer systems and peripherals, document management systems, interactive information systems and networks, multimedia, business and technical software, telecommunications and IT services.
  
  
• Hurwitz Group – unique view of the interrelationships among applications, infrastructure and business models used for e-business.
  
  
• Information Gatekeepers – produces publications that cover telecommunications product lines for products that include ATM, fiber optics, ISDN, networks and wireless.
  
  
• Interfax Market Research – provides in-depth international and country-oriented political, economic, financial and business information. Research focuses on emerging markets in Europe and Asia.
  
  
• Lafis – produces industry, company and market research reports covering 27 industries and 100 markets, with a focus in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile.
  
  
• Medical Strategic Planning – provides detailed studies and updates on medical markets in monitoring devices, information and output systems.
  
  
• Nicholas Hall & Company – produces reports that contain expert business solutions and research on over-the-counter products, such as cold and cough remedies, functional herbal medicines and dietary supplements, and allergy medications.
  
  
• Roskill – provides reports on metals, minerals and mining. Each report covers one type of mineral or metal and contains primary research, as well as analysis of all published commentary including mining company reports.
  
  
• SRI Consulting – reports evaluating technology breakthroughs, alliances, new ventures and R&D.
  
  
• Semico Research Corporation – focuses solely on the global semiconductor industry, attempting to identify the impact that end-user industries will have on semiconductor companies.
  
  
• Simba Information, Inc. – offers timely news on people, events, and alliances; exclusive analysis and performance statistics; and proprietary forecasts on global developments in the media and information industries.
  
  
• Tower Group – delivers a complete view of the trends and issues in the financial industry. Reports cover implications of technology in business, including commercial banking, consumer credit, e-banking, investment management, global payments, retail banking, retail brokerage and investing, securities and capital markets, insurance and more.
  
  
• Veronis Suhler & Associates – provides expert communications industry research useful to communications companies. Reports analyze and forecast media expenditures, market growth and activities, and financial performance of public companies.
  
  
• WinterGreen Research – reports examine market issues, market share, market leaders, new product and servicing positioning strategies and market forecasts where appropriate for such sectors as the PC operating industry, fiber optic networks, and data communications.
  
  
• World Information Technologies – an authority in areas such as wire, cable and related apparatus, telecommunications equipment, and electronic components.
  
  
• Yankee Group – provides technology research and consulting services in the areas of communications, computing and enterprise applications, e-commerce, Internet, and wireless technology.

Searchable sourcebook. You can also find information about the information providers and the types of reports they offer using the sourcebook. For example, Access Asia specializes in Chinese and Southeast Asian consumer and industry market developments. These reports also analyze the trends, key players and sizes of industrial, consumer and service markets in China, Hong Kong & Macau, along with providing company profiles of the major businesses in China.

Easy to Use – Pay for What You Need

The search functionality that delivers only the data the market researcher requires sets Dialog Profound apart from other aggregators of market research. Market research reports can be very expensive because these reports contain primary research. Retrieving market research reports from Dialog Profound is cost effective in that you can locate exactly the data you are looking for and pay only for that portion or table of the report. In addition, search features such as InfoSort technology and clickable Tables of Content provide powerful searching.

Here's how it works:

1. Just fill in any of the search boxes for market sectors, companies, locations, titles, publications, scope, and date range.
   
   
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2. Click the InfoSort button to refine or broaden your search.
   
   
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3. When the search is complete, you will see a list of reports. By clicking the report title, you can view a detailed table of contents and choose the section(s) that meet your needs.
   
   
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Current and historic research enables Dialog Profound to deliver a complete view of the trends and issues executives face as they make critical business decisions.

More content providers will be added to Dialog Profound in the coming months. Contact your account representative to find out more about the superior collection of market research information available from Dialog.

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