Bates Information Services—Providing business research and business intelligence for R&D, technology trends, new markets, and competition

Business intelligence — n. 1. the information companies need to make sound business decisions 2. a continual practice of knowing current industry and technology trends, competition, and markets

Business research involves gathering the business intelligence companies need to make decisions on everything from R&D efforts and potential new markets to competition, technology trends, and more. Relevent business research and data evaluation helps organizations make better strategic decisions. Call me to discuss how Bates Information Services can help you uncover the most critical markets, trends, competition, and technologies affecting your business. To follow my latest thinking about how to maximize the value of research information, please visit my blog, mebaddsvalue.com.

Recent examples of our research work include:

2011 Info-Entrepreneur Report:
Insights on Information Businesses (pdf)

Research to determine when Argentina began
repaying its bonds

Examples of particularly effective customer
retention programs

Identification of key trends and players in the HVAC (heating / ventilating / air conditioning) industry

Analysis of telecom monopolies in Central and South America