Welcome to Business software

The Business Intelligence Software Rankings Page

You have discovered a great source for articles and recent news for Business Intelligence Software Rankings. Also browse and make use of our other resources.

Business Intelligence Software Rankings Article

Business.view Picking winners

Of course, investors ideally want to back firms that have brilliant managers and a brilliant business model. But some venture capitalists favour the former.

The view that excellent leaders can make the critical difference to a new company permeates the classroom as well: ask any gathering of MBAs if it is the business "horse" or the management team "jockey" that matters most in an investment appraisal and a sizeable number of students will pick the jockey (perhaps because they fancy sitting in the start-up saddle themselves one day).

Yet a new study* shows that in the real world most venture capitalists put far more emphasis on the runners than the riders. The study's authors—Steven Kaplan of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Berk Sensoy of the University of Southern California and Per Strömberg of the Swedish Institute for Financial Research—look at a sample of 50 firms backed by ten different VC companies, examining their early business plans and then tracking their performance through to initial public offering (IPO) and several years beyond. more

Credit crunch 'big concern for business'

Businesses remain upbeat despite significantly higher borrowing costs and difficulties in finding suitable, talented staff in a tight labour market, a survey has found.

The global credit crunch has forced businesses to be more conservative in their short-term outlook and made them less inclined to make substantial investments, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers private business barometer report, released on Tuesday.

Businesses had also reduced their debt ratio as credit becomes more difficult to source due to the subprime mortgage meltdown in the United States.

Founder and managing director of Carman's Fine Foods Carolyn Creswell said high interest rates were a concern.

"If interest rates continue to rise, it may impact discretionary spending to the point consumers might think twice about purchasing things like quality muesli," Ms Creswell said in the report. more

The Beverage Information Group Releases Its 2008 Wine & Spirits Industry Marketing Handbook

The Beverage Information Group, a leading provider of marketing, merchandising and statistical information to the beverage alcohol industry, recently released its 2008 Wine & Spirits Industry Marketing Handbook. The updated, expanded and now online handbook provides access to more than 600 wine and spirits importers, marketers and suppliers by name, title, company name, address, phone, fax, e-mail, Web address and brands. The handbook's comprehensive brand index indicates each product's U.S. supplier, its category and its country of origin.

. more

Welcome to Business software

Business Intelligence Software Rankings Article

Business.view Picking winners

Credit crunch 'big concern for business'

The Beverage Information Group Releases Its 2008 Wine & Spirits Industry Marketing Handbook

Recent Business Intelligence Software Rankings News

Top Business Intelligence Software Rankings Links

IBM, Microsoft and Oracle top Gartner's business intelligence platform ...

Business Software: Top 10 Vendor Ratings, Reviews and Research Tools

Business Intelligence Ranking

Business Intelligence Software Ranking | Top 10 Business Intelligence ...

Menu