ValueNotes organises events, and hosts conferences, focused on the outsourcing industry and competitive intelligence.
| May 2012 | As geographical boundaries fade away, businesses find it harder to keep track of all their markets. Forging strong partnerships with market research and competitive intelligence organizations will help bridge that gap. Join Nidhi Purohit as she takes you through best practices in sourcing CI from remote service providers. |
| April 2012 | ValueNotes hosted an insighful webinar on “Social media for Competitive Intelligence” on the 25th of April 2012. The interactive session detailed the importance of social media as a tool to gain competitive intelligence. The webcast outlined various ways in which blogs, LinkedIn, message boards, forums, Facebook, etc can be systematically used for gathering vital information about one’s competitive landscape. |
| Mar 2012 | ValueNotes hosted an interactive webinar on how to maximize the ROI on CI by selecting the right combination of primary and secondary research on the 13th of March 2012. The webinar will help organizations to improve the effectiveness of their in-house CI functions. The session included case studies and examples drawn from our extensive experience of doing CI in India. |
| Dec 2011 | SCIP begins its voyage in India on the 20th of December 2011 and we invite you to join us! This meeting and all future meetings intend to provide a platform for the Competitive Intelligence community in India to interact with their peers, learn about new techniques or methods, enhance their competencies and help their organizations manage and analyze information more effectively. We welcome all those who would like to volunteer, help, give their views or simply attend! |
| Oct 2011 | ValueNotes and Dow Jones hosted an executive briefing in Mumbai on 'Competitive Intelligence and Information Explosion'. The challenge is to convert the 'noise' into actionable intelligence effectively and efficiently. Participants were led through the key principles of competitive intelligence to help them identify key inputs about the environment that were relevant for their decision-making. |
| Jul 2011 | ValueNotes hosted an interactive webinar - Market intelligence: how to recognise reliable information - to provide pointers on ways to distinguish reliable information from inaccurate data in India. These were demonstrated through examples drawn from our extensive experience of doing CI in these markets, and insightful case studies. |
| Apr 2011 | ValueNotes hosted an interactive webinar on gathering competitive intelligence in fragmented, undocumented and unorganised markets in India. The session included case studies and examples drawn from our extensive experience of doing CI in these markets. |
| Feb 2011 | ValueNotes hosted another competitive intelligence (CI) seminar in Mumbai. The theme this time was ‘Improving the ROI on your CI’. The interactive session delved on some of the key pain points of a typical CI practitioner, and discussed ways to enhance the value of CI gathered. |
| Nov 2010 | ValueNotes hosted a briefing in New Delhi on the competitive intelligence framework for strategic advantage. Some of the topics debated included ethics in CI; ways to demonstrate ROI from CI; coping with competing demands for tactical and strategic CI; coordination of CI activities… |
| Aug 2010 | ValueNotes hosted a briefing in Mumbai on the competitive intelligence framework for strategic advantage. Senior executives from companies, including SBI Life, Dow Chemical, Patni and Sanofi Aventis, shared their views on the challenges that they face while gathering intelligence. |
| Aug 2009 | ValueNotes hosted an industry briefing in Bombay to present the findings of its research report, e-learning outsourcing 2009: advantage India. A panel discussion addressed the challenges faced by providers in the international markets and the opportunities in the domestic market. |
| Jun 2009 | ValueNotes hosted an industry briefing in Madras to present the findings of its research report, Offshoring in the publishing vertical - 2009. Executives from companies including HOV Services, PreMedia Global and TexTech International, shared their views about the future outlook of the industry. |
| Mar 2009 | ValueNotes hosted an industry briefing in Bombay to present the findings of its research report, Market Research Outsourcing (MRO) - buyer survey. Delegates discussed the future of the market research offshoring business and the funding opportunities in MRO services. |
| Jan 2009 | ValueNotes co-hosted a conference in Bombay, with the Indian Banks' Association (IBA), on process outsourcing in the Indian banking industry. [IBA is a voluntary service organization of the banking industry in India]. |
| Sep 2008 | ValueNotes hosted an industry briefing in Madras to present the findings of its research report, Offshoring by US newspaper publishers. The event saw participation by senior executives from newspaper publishing service providers including Affinity Express, Integra and Macmillan. |
| Jul 2008 | ValueNotes hosted an industry briefing in Pune to present the findings of its research report, Offshoring patent services to India. The event provided insights into legal support service providers moving up the value chain and buyer concerns in terms of security and onshore presence. |
| Jan 2008 | ValueNotes hosted an industry briefing in Bombay to present the findings of its research report, Market Research Outsourcing (MRO) - the India growth story. Key trends in the market research industry, their impact on Indian MRO, and the challenges for players going forward were discussed. |
