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Outsourced Research Solutions — Market and Competitor Intelligence

Make informed decisions, accelerate business performance

Executives tasked with responsibility for their company’s growth, profits & strategies need insightful, quick and actionable research to support key business decisions. Since 2003, ah! Ventures has worked with several large and mid-sized firms in USA & Europe, helping decision makers answer critical questions around markets, competition, diversification ideas & technology trends.

Be it telecom, technology, packaging in developed markets or alternate energy, chemicals, infrastructure in BRIC nations or oil services, retail, real estate in Middle East or hydro power, mining, metals in South America - ah! Ventures has conducted assignments in over fifty sub-sectors, covering analysis of market & competitor dynamics in 30+ countries.

With more than 250 highly qualified professionals and a senior management with extensive consulting experience, we deliver ongoing value to our clients who benefit from the deep cross-functional knowledge of our global team.

We offer different engagement options to suit the varying research needs of managers:

Virtual Researcher: One or more analysts dedicated to supporting your firm’s recurring research needs (tracking markets / competition, strategic initiatives, analytics, etc)

Bespoke Contract: Project specific contract for one-off research needs, based on agreed scope & effort – minimum contract size not a constraint

Retainer Model: ‘Pay-as-you-use’ option for multiple quick turnaround research requests throughout the year, subject to minimum committed hours per month

Through our access to an extensive list of commercial and public data sources, we effectively combine desk research with primary or phone interviews to provide answers for a wide range of research questions:

Market attractiveness assessment
Sector snapshots
Country profiles
Competitor profiles & updates
Pre-sales planning (target lists, profiles)
Account planning (up-sell or cross-sell)
Strategic customer updates
Supply chain intelligence
Financial models
Business Plans
Technology trends & penetration
Technology impact on business models
M&A: Target Identification & Profiling
Industry News-letters
B2B Surveys
Database building & management
Patent landscape analysis

 
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