Hi there
Here in the Knowledge Interchange (KI) at Cranfield, we have decided not to re-subscribe to Business Insights (BI) when our subscription ends in September as it will be price prohibitive with the new structuring they are creating.
We have, however, bought all the BI reports published up until the end of our subscription in-perpetuity and we will still make them available to our users for at least a year, or until they become too old to be valuable. We are currently creating an intuitive but simple database to facilitate this.
My question really is, what are other BI subscribers intending to do after September? If it is price prohibitive for your institutions, what alternatives will you be considering to replace it, if at all?
Our KI Online users currently have commercial and personal development access to Datamonitor360 (which includes MarketLine, but BI only until September 2012) and the industry and market reports available via OneSource.
Our University Library already subscribes to Mintel, KeyNote, Datamonitor360, GMID and Global Insights, but our KI Online users only have access to those mentioned above.
Any alternative suggestions to BI would be very welcome.
With many thanks
Heather
Heather Peake | Knowledge Interchange Information Executive | Knowledge Interchange | Cranfield School of Management |
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