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Cover Story
Expert's Corner - Sponsorship: To Disclose or Not to Disclose, That is the Question
By Ralph Nielsen, Primary Intelligence Inc.
When conducting primary research, one of the hot topics in the competitive intelligence business is whether and when to disclose the sponsorship of the research. The balancing act that has to be considered is whether unbiased information can be accurately produced in a non-biased fashion if sponsorship is divulged vs. skepticism from the respondent when sponsorship is not revealed... (For more, click here)


CSO Insights Needs Your Opinion
CSO Insights' recent survey of over 1,300 companies showed that increasing sales effectiveness was the top objective. CSO Insights is conducting a follow-on study to determine what sales strategies are improving sales effectiveness

If you are a sales leader, please click here to take the survey. If not, please forward this information to your company's sales leaders. A free report download is available to all survey participants.


BlogCentral
Be the Consultant, Not the Waitress
Last night, my family went to dinner to celebrate the birthday of my oldest son. As a family with five children (and two grandmas present), we kept our waitress very busy with requests for drinks, napkins, condiments and the like... (For more, click here)


The A-List Archive
Eagle Investment Systems, SunGard and Advent Software Battle for U.S. Bancorp Fund Services (Originally Published in April 2005)
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services wanted to implement a portfolio accounting solution that would help it manage the complexities of its securities and investment accounting requirements. After researching 10 vendors initially, the Company narrowed its short list to Eagle Investment Systems, SunGard, and Advent Software... (For more, click here)