Sentences with phrase «business research firm»

The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 percent year over year in the quarter.

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Robert Byrne, a manager at the market research firm Technomic, says while the company does a brisk business with Millennials, it scores even more highly with Gen Z guests «who over-index for frequent visits to the chain relative to the family - dining segment.»

Even after a return to (low) growth, Yahoo will continue losing share of the worldwide search market as other players — including Google, Baidu, Microsoft and Sohu — grow their search ad businesses more quickly,» the market research firm reported Monday.

There are approximately 200 alternative lenders in the U.S., according to financial services research firm Barlow Research Associates, roughly half of which are dedicated exclusively to businesresearch firm Barlow Research Associates, roughly half of which are dedicated exclusively to businesResearch Associates, roughly half of which are dedicated exclusively to business loans.

According to research firm L2, only 40 % of B2C businesses have accounts, compared to 93 % for Instagram.

Most of the big law firms in Perth have shrunk in size over the past year, with Ashurst experiencing the biggest drop in staff, while only a couple of smaller firms have achieved significant growth, research by Business News has found.

Mid-tier accounting firm ROCG Perth has expanded with the acquisition of specialist research and development tax consultants Insight Business.

The study was presented recently at the 2014 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference at Western University's Ivey Business School in London, Ont., which set out to uncover the factors that «influence variance in entrepreneurial orientation» — risk - taking, innovativeness, pro-activeness — among family firms.

Research firm IDC predicts the market for A.I. will grow from $ 8 billion in 2016 to $ 47 billion by 2020, impacting all business practices across almost every industry.

Some security analysts, such as Avivah Litan of Gartner, the research firm, say some businesses are questioning aspects of the company's services, particularly the length of time Palantir requires for its engagements.

Social Finance: Unlocking the Potential for Developmental Lending, a new research report conducted my firm Impakt, reveals that the Indian Business Corporation, a company owned by the three treaty areas of Alberta, has pioneered an approach called «developmental lending» that is providing aboriginal entrepreneurs such as Ms. Saliwonczyk with capital to create new businesses, or maintain or expand existing ones.

While accelerator programs have long offered this perk to startups, usually in exchange for equity, entrepreneurs are finding other types of free space available, says Steve King, partner at Emergent Research, a consulting firm focused on small business in Lafayette, Calif..

Research from Columbia Business School has shown that 92 percent of employees believe improving their firm's corporate culture would improve the value of the company.

Jim Osman, president of investment research firm Edge Consulting Group, says AWS is a good spin - off candidate, given its strong balance sheet and the disparity between its services and Amazon's core e-commerce business.

The market for business analytics is currently around $ 14 billion, according to research and advisory firm Gartner, of Stamford, Connecticut.

Steve King, partner at Lafayette, Calif. - based small - business research and consulting firm Emergent Research, says hiring can be a major growth deterrent for entrepresearch and consulting firm Emergent Research, says hiring can be a major growth deterrent for entrepResearch, says hiring can be a major growth deterrent for entrepreneurs.

Only 18 percent of small businesses and just more than half (57 percent) of mid-size companies use business intelligence and analytics solutions, according to market research firm The SMB Group.

Increasing speed of data analysis will lead to general improvements in business performance in 2016, according to research firm Forrester.

Canadian Business magazine partnered with market research firm Environics Analytics to map out out exactly where Canada's wealthiest people live.

The SBA invested $ 6 million a year into 10 groups of businesses for two years starting in 2010 and commissioned economic policy analysis research - and - consulting firm Optimal Solutions Group to perform an independent review.

Even as Apple got people used to the idea of having a supercomputer in their pocket, it significantly changed how businesses interact with consumers around the world, says Brian Blau, research director for consumer technology and markets at research firm Gartner.

Continuing research at Babson College, regarded as having one of the top entrepreneurship programs in the country, finds no statistical correlation between a startup firm's ultimate revenue or net income and the supposedly requisite written business plan.

The ranking is part of a detailed new study of the world's billionaires, by WealthX, a market research firm that helps businesses reach ultra-rich consumers, and UBS, whose wealth management arm handles a big chunk of their money.

EPS numbers usually are the first thing investors and the media look for in a business's results — and whether the number beat expectations set by industry and sell - side research analysts at financial firms.

A new study conducted by LinkedIn with the market research firm TNS reveals that social media has increasingly become the vital axis upon which small and medium - sized businesses turn.

According to a recent report from Chinese market research firm iResearch China, Amazon's Chinese site holds less than 1 % of the country's $ 378 billion e-commerce business in terms of market share.

This year's list is the product of old - fashioned reporting, boosted by data and insight supplied by a trio of independent research firms: Sageworks, which performs financial analyses of privately held companies; Plunkett Research, a business intelligence firm that studies trends affecting the world's most vital industries; and IBISWorld, which provides industry growth figures, five - year revenue projections, employment growth, profit margin averages, and industry competition research firms: Sageworks, which performs financial analyses of privately held companies; Plunkett Research, a business intelligence firm that studies trends affecting the world's most vital industries; and IBISWorld, which provides industry growth figures, five - year revenue projections, employment growth, profit margin averages, and industry competition Research, a business intelligence firm that studies trends affecting the world's most vital industries; and IBISWorld, which provides industry growth figures, five - year revenue projections, employment growth, profit margin averages, and industry competition ratings.

The Taoyuan City - based firm has been attempting to refocus its growth prospects on the high - end VR business, with shipments of the Vive headset totalling more than 190,000 units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC.

If it looks as though your firm is a contender for either ranking, our research team will contact you starting in March 2018 to find out more about your business and to verify your financial data.

Depending on the industry and size of the company, a business can spend more than 40 % of its annual freight budget on inbound shipping, according to the Aberdeen Group, a research firm in Boston.

Those differences tend to insulate market research firms» corporate business from the effects of high - profile electoral misses.

While Mattrick's combination of business vision and passion for games is hard to beat, it won't be difficult for Microsoft «to attract somebody who knows how to manage a fairly mature gaming business,» says Van Baker, an analyst who covers Microsoft for research firm Gartner.

Walker, who is chairman of research and development firm Walker Digital, believes every business traveler is going to want to see what his or her flexibility is worth.

Cowen Inc. is a diversified financial services firm and, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative asset management, investment banking, research, sales and trading, prime brokerage, global clearing and commission management services through its two business segments: Cowen Investment Management and its affiliates make up the Company's alternative investment segment, while Cowen and Company, a member of FINRA and SIPC, and its affiliates make up the Company's investment bank segment.

The following is based on a five - year study of key entrepreneurial strengths by Gallup, a global research and consulting firm, which studied more than 4,000 founders to understand the talents that foster business creation and growth.

Research firm Forrester projects that sales to businesses will represent as much as 20 percent of the overall tablet market by 2018, compared to 14 percent this year, as the market grows from 218 million units to 250 million units.

Volumes of research from global consulting firms coupled with my own experiences as a business owner and consultant point to the fundamental belief that there is a distinct correlation between culture and financial performance.

Alibaba did 35 billion yuan in business during last year's festival, and Tech research firm IDC predicts this year's total gross merchandise volume (GMV) will reach $ 8.62 billion.

Industry experts such as research firm Forrester say there is no confusion regarding its business model.

Your local chamber of commerce can recommend firms or individuals who can conduct market research for smaller businesses on a budget.

My colleagues at the McKinsey Global Institute, our firm's business and economics research arm, have analyzed previous downturns and found that when individuals and governments focus on paying down debt, these efforts curb economic growth for three to five years.

Using proprietary data collected by Restaurant Business and its sister research firm Technomic from 2016, we looked at nearly 100 of the largest US chains and rated them on three criteria we considered the most telling for all - around fast - food excellence: financial performance, customer satisfaction, and overall value.

The marijuana business «really kicked - started» the recovery of the Denver industrial real estate market, Jessica Ostermick, director of research and analysis at commercial real estate firm CBRE, told the Post.

One piece of good news: Business travel tends to slow down in the days before Christmas, and some travelers flying for work are likely to have called off trips booked for early in the week because of the chaos in Atlanta, said Henry Harteveldt, travel industry analyst and founder of consulting firm Atmosphere Research Group.

The number of self - and hybrid - published business books has more than doubled in the past four years — from 9,839 in 2012 to 20,499 in 2016, according to the research firm ProQuest.

Almost half of American workers said they would stop using their personal devices for business if their employer required them to install a specified security app, according to a July report from Harris Interactive, a market research firm, and Webroot, a cyber security company.

«The experience that individuals have with a company and then what they hear from friends and family influence their perception of and likelihood to do business with a company,» says Megan Burns, a senior analyst at Forrester Research, a Massachusetts - based research firm that specializes in customer Research, a Massachusetts - based research firm that specializes in customer research firm that specializes in customer service.

According to financial research conducted by the business consulting firm Rothstein Kass, hedge funds run by women make over three times as much money as those run by men.

«As it matures they continue to prove they can not only effectively monetize businesses and advertising partners but they have products and services that bring significant value to users,» said Brian Blau, research director, personal technologies at research firm Gartner Inc..

Points North is a firm founded by former executives with analytics experience going back to the old Jupiter Research digital ad measurement business, as well as with the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (now part of the Association of National Advertisers) and such influencer networks as CrowdTap and House Party.