Months after Moody’s announced its Credit Impact Scores (CIS) to account for physical risks caused by climate change, S&P Global acquired climate-risk research business Shades of Green. Credit ratings agencies are moving quickly to win market share in light of the global climate regulations surge.
Open educational resources (OERs) are not a new phenomenon, but survey results indicate their growing importance to students and faculty in the US higher education market. Paid-for providers are advised to take heed.
This fourth piece in our series on API and DaaS Strategies looks at the different buyers that emerge when selling these solutions. We also look at how companies adjust their marketing efforts and get their sales teams ready to sell these offerings.
Trust in data privacy practices is essential to the growth of the global economy, but governments are making compliance harder with a patchwork of data privacy laws. This analysis provides a primer into what to look out for and how to respond in 2023.
Outsell’s latest survey looked at student and faculty usage and perceptions of institutional libraries, providing a valuable view of post-COVID reality. In addition, the findings shed light on potential areas for development as institutional libraries transform.
Experian launched ESG Insight to help business lenders understand their candidates’ climate risk factors. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has not only become a criterion for business operations and partnerships, but a criterion for receiving loans.
Information providers continue to unlock content value through partnerships. Springer Nature’s partnership with The Lens is a good example of how partnerships can deliver robust solutions for clients.
Outsell’s latest survey highlights a worrying trend for content providers serving US higher education: a decline in usage of suggested learning resources amongst students, despite an uptick in faculty recommendations. Boosting student engagement is, therefore, critical.
As patent data is increasingly consumed by a wider range of professionals, LexisNexis beefs up its intellectual property solutions with standards data and analytics capabilities to help it cross-sell to technical professionals.
Thomson Reuters is acquiring SurePrep to help CPA firms automate personal income tax service. Brick-and-mortar tax services lost their appeal during the pandemic as more consumers took to tax software. CPA firms’ growth may rest upon their ability to offer remote and automated services.
Hit by elongated sales cycles and longer deal reviews, ZoomInfo and TechTarget stumble. They could become acquisition targets if they don’t navigate the next year well. Weathering slowing deal dynamics becomes crucial for other B2B media and information companies in 2023.
Effective contract management is increasingly a basic legal competence for regulatory compliance, driving further investment into contract management providers despite a cooling off in other LegalTech segments.
This third piece in our series on API and DaaS Strategies looks at price and packaging best practices. Data providers’ approaches start out simple and then get more elaborate depending on successful selling.
TMX Group acquires Wall Street Horizon to gain insight on companies’ press releases, product launches, social media blurbs, executive movements, and organizational changes. The pattern and timing of these corporate actions show a correlation to the company’s financial health.
This second piece in our series of discussions with research buyers examines research operations makeup, new needs, and vendor approval processes. There are opportunities, new challenges, and high bars ahead for providers.
