Next IT Challenge: Integrating Multiple ASPs

Vendors offer a variety of approaches to combining numerous offerings into one service

Annual Benchmark Report for Retail Trade – Census Bureau

This 58-page .pdf report from the Current Business Reports series of the Census Bureau offers a detailed summary of retail sales, purchases, accounts receivable, and inventory from January 1990 to December 1999 mostly in tabular form.

How Store Location and Pricing Structure Affect Shopping Behavior

discussion of a new study titled “Store Choice and Shopping Behavior: How Price Format Works.”; Research on retailing typically attributes the success of a store to its location. At the same time, marketing experts have focused a great deal of attention on the role of pricing in store performance, but without considering location. In this recent study, Bell, Ho and Tang provide managers with a … [ Read more ]

Office.com

Office.com combines best of breed content, commerce, community and communications. Original and aggregated content includes industry trends, news and gossip in 16 Industries, 120 sub-Industries, and 10 Business Management focused areas.

Upstarts: ASPs

Article gives basic overview of the ASP (Application Service Provider) concept and model; offers some statistics, examples, analysis and an interview with Phil Wainewright, founder and managing editor of ASPnews.com

Industry Outlook Report: New Paradigms for the Auto Industry Beyond 2000

“The automotive industry will ride a wave of dramatic change over the next decade as new technologies emerge, markets stagnate in developed countries and grow in emerging countries, buying patterns change, and customers become ever more demanding. The industry will respond to a wide range of political, social, and economic issues: How quickly will Eastern Europe and China develop? Which trade barriers will rise or … [ Read more ]

Tele.Com Magazine

excellent magazine for Telecom; focuses on high-level, manager’s perspective

The Chemicals Industry in 2010

The global chemicals industry provides a steady stream of new products and innovative technologies, enhancing quality of life and helping sustain scarce resources. On average, however, industry participants have failed to deliver the financial performance that today’s capital markets expect, suggesting the need to change the way they operate. Other fundamental driving forces – including social/environmental, macroeconomic/political, market dynamics, and technical developments – are adding … [ Read more ]