Segment View: AI in Financial Research
Financial research continues to evolve as information surrounding investment targets takes shape in various formats, including textual, audio, and image data. This evolution, in conjunction with the growth in alternative data usage, is driving the demand for machine learning in financial research.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: February 14, 2022
Outsell FutureScapes – Transforming the Future: The Role of Futures Literacy
Futures literacy is a skill that allows people to better understand the role of the future in what they see and do, enhancing imagination and adaptability. In this edition of FutureScapes, David Worlock discusses the topic with Riel Miller, Head of Futures Literacy, UNESCO. (See book link below.)
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Author: David Worlock
Date: February 10, 2022
Global Bank Acquires Fintech Giant Wealthfront
UBS acquires Wealthfront, signaling the willingness of banks to participate in the fintech revolution themselves. In an effort to enable competitive differentiation, banks are looking to develop and acquire capabilities traditionally held by solution providers.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: February 9, 2022
Contract Lifecycle Management Will Be a Competitive Battleground in 2022
PE-backed legal solution providers continue to pose a disruption threat to established legal information market players. It’s time for executives to decide whether they will buy or build because doing nothing and waiting for valuations to drop will irrevocably damage their businesses.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: February 8, 2022
Return to Onsite Events – The One Thing Show Organizers Can Do
In our latest survey, attendees weren’t shy about ideas for what event organizers can do to increase interest in returning to in-person shows. Health-and-safety-related steps led all others by far, while content, venue choice, cancellation policies, networking opportunities, and swag matter too.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: February 7, 2022
Elsevier Launches a Content Syndication Partnership Pilot
Four big scientific publishers will make 70,000 journal articles available on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect in a pilot aiming to enhance discoverability and improve the user experience.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: February 3, 2022
Return to Onsite Events – Generational Differences on the Road Back
Our latest data, analyzed by generation, shows that younger attendees view onsite events differently in terms of importance, reasons to go, obstacles faced, format preferences, and more. Event organizer success in 2022 requires listening to the generational needs of a changing audience.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: February 2, 2022
Information Consumption Practices of Engineers: The Marriage of Formats to Workflows
The increasing speed of technological advancement is driving the pace of product design cycles and increasing the level of product complexity for every step in R&D. To ease this trend, there’s a rising need for mission-critical content to better match user requirements for formats and workflows.
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Author: Tatiana Khayrullina
Date: February 1, 2022
Patent Research Solutions Survey 2022: Customer Needs
Patent research solutions have improved considerably in recent years thanks to investment from providers in this market. Yet Outsell’s research shows that customers’ needs are still not being fully met, and features that differentiated providers’ products three years ago are now just table stakes.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 31, 2022
Booming Credentials Market Causes Employers Problems
The demand for credentials earned through online courses is booming. However, the sheer range of available credentials is making it difficult for employers to judge their value. Will this hold back demand for online courses, or are options in place to provide the necessary context?
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 27, 2022
The Business Model Pivots of Data-Driven Companies
As a follow-up to our Scaling Data Businesses analysis, we look next at a new set of companies making major pivots to reinvent themselves. This analysis looks at the moves these firms have made, how they’ve changed, new metrics they adopted, and what they are learning as they pivot.
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Author: Randy Giusto
Date: January 26, 2022
Dow Jones Closes the Gap for Investors Looking to Measure ESG’s Impact on Revenue
Dow Jones will score more than 6,000 companies on their ESG practices based on 26 sustainability factors. Enabling the visibility of underlying sustainability data on these companies puts investors one step closer to discovering the link between sustainability and revenue performance.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: January 25, 2022
Falling Student Enrolment Numbers + The Great Resignation = A Recipe for Change
The final data is in from the National Student Clearinghouse (NCS), showing that 2021 fall enrolment in US higher education was down by 2.7%. The total decline since the start of the pandemic is 5.1%, approaching a million students (937,500). Where are the opportunities for solutions providers?
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 24, 2022
Oracle Buys Electronic Health Records Giant Cerner
In a bid to accelerate its cloud business in healthcare and to claim a larger stake in a competition intensified by other tech giants, Oracle buys leading electronic health records provider Cerner for $28 billion.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: January 20, 2022
Chegg: Former EdTech Poster Child Faces Challenges
Chegg is facing lawsuits as it enters 2022, and it suffered a significant share price decline in 2021. Can the company, which was previously seen as a star performer, regain its position?
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 18, 2022
Patent Research Solutions Survey 2022: Customer Perceptions
In the highly competitive patent research solutions space, Outsell’s survey shows that customers are perceiving market entrants’ brands positively. Established providers need to take the threat of market entrants seriously, while newer providers must avoid getting blinded by early adopter success.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 17, 2022
GRC Solution Giant Enables Cyber Risk Quantification
MetricStream launches its cyber-risk quantification platform, advocating for cyber-risk to become a core component of enterprise GRC management. With financial and insurance information providers joining this movement, the opportunity and battleground for cyber security move beyond the realm of IT.
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Author: Will Jan
Date: January 13, 2022
Taylor & Francis to Launch an Open Access Platform in the Humanities and Social Sciences
T&F’s F1000 aims to bring OA innovation to the humanities and social sciences, with plans for a dedicated platform, while also positioning itself to capture more content from funded research.
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Author: Julia Kostova
Date: January 12, 2022
PTE Academic Online: Highlighting the Shift to Remote English Language Testing
The launch of PTE Academic Online signals the market’s ongoing move towards offering remote testing, a strategy critical to survival as the pandemic drags on.
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Author: Kate Worlock
Date: January 11, 2022
Patent Research Solutions Survey 2022: Buyer Profile and Budgets
As patent data is increasingly consumed by a wider range of professionals and industries, customers’ profiles, demands, and brand perceptions are shifting. This analysis is the first in a four-part series exploring evolving customer traits and demands in the patent research market.
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Author: Hugh Logue
Date: January 10, 2022
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