Of the 1,727 unique links shared by the Twitter #MRX community in the past two weeks, here are the top ten most influential. Continue reading »

The estimable Larry Gold and Jack Honomichl of Inside Research just published the 2012 Honomichl Top 50 Report (the 39th edition!), which is the perennial benchmark that the research industry uses to measure financial success. What does it tell us about the possible future of the industry? Continue reading »

These are the Top 50 firms submitted by GRIT respondents as the most innovative in the industry. The goal of this avenue of inquiry is to glean insight on the drivers of perception around what makes a firm innovative in order to understand how MR firms are capitalizing on the idea of “innovation” to grow their businesses. We believe that this list, developed by our peers within the industry, is a true measure of how successfully these companies are leveraging this brand attribute. Continue reading »

I have pulled a snapshot from the banners that show the Top 10 and the breaks by Client/Supplier and tenure. I also added their previous ranking information and indicated the change from 2010. More analysis will be in the report, due to be published in February. Continue reading »

Here are the top 20 stories discussed on the Twitter #MRX community in 2011, based on the number of unique retweets received in their first week. Continue reading »

MRWeb reported today about the positive news contained within the Honomichl Report about the recovery of the Global 25, and as I pointed out previously the story is mixed at best, with some true organic growth but most recovering to 2009 levels, and a few declining further. I love the work that Jack and Larry do, but I am reminded once again that this is only a snapshot of a segment of the MR space and although helpful, it is incomplete. Continue reading »

Here are the top 10 links of the 2,056 unique links share on the Twitter #MRX community the past two weeks. Continue reading »

There’s now ample opportunity to stay on top of what the market research community is saying in the Twitter-sphere. In addition to our weekly coverage on the top #MRX tweets of the week on the Innovation Evolved blog, we’ll be doing a top-ten recap every two weeks right here on GreenBook. Of the 1,712 unique links shared on the Twitter #MRX community the past two weeks, the top 10 most-retweeted are collected here. Continue reading »

The full version of the 2011 Honomichl Top 50 Report was released earlier than expected last week. We had previously looked at the Top 10 about 2 weeks ago, but I think it’s useful to look at the full list and contrast it with the GRIT 50 Innovative firms to understand the relationship between innovation as a driver of revenue growth. Continue reading »

MRWeb posted an analysis of the Honomichl Report. The story is obviously that revenues are up and growth is occurring; that is good news for us all. Although after 2 down years in a row, I’m not sure how much that is to truly crow about. I have not done the analysis comparing to 2007-2008 numbers yet but I suspect we’re only marginally ahead of previous levels or maybe still slightly down overall. Also there is still an employment gap to fill where the industry has shed more jobs than it has produced so far in the recovery. Continue reading »