All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Business Services

The Mexican pharmaceutical market is Latin America’s largest, growing at 12% per year and a good entry point into the region. By penetrating the Mexican healthcare market today, companies not only ensure market presence for the future, but also establish a stronghold for penetrating the rest of Central...

Many years are still to come before public hospitals in Mexico and the rest of Latin America implement a daily rate of change of latex catheters and urine collection bags. The adoption of silicone catheters is also not expected in the medium term, at least while silicone continues to cost 300% more...

The Caribbean, now is becoming a healthy and viable competitor with India for Outsourcing call centers.  This is the beginning of one country having less of a dominance on the market and of healthy competition between countries.        

This article is important because it describes the nearly five-fold rise in call center businesses in Carribean countries such as Jamaica and the Dominican Republic.  The article also details the positive economic impact that opening one call center can have on such small countries. ...

Companies continue to look for lower cost locations for Call/Contact Centers.  Caribbean locations are gaining in popularity, although they are not a panacea. Companies that have moved offshore, or are considering offshore locations, are finding that offshore locations are no longer as "cheap"...

With the lead provided by India, several players are cutting into the call centre pie.Eventually business will move where operations are cheaper.

On May 22nd, InfoAmericas and the Global Intelligence Alliance released the results of: “Market Intelligence in Large Companies – Global Study 2007”. This study, involving the participation of almost 300 executives worldwide in charge of business intelligence or strategic planning in large corporations,...

Communication is the key to a sales campaign.Research and assess your market segment.

The process of managing pension plans (defined benefit plans) is too often simplified and neglected due to its long-term nature.  Like Dr. Mangiero, I also agree that the degree of sophistication needs to be raised.  However to do so, all risks within the process must be recognized and managed...

Climate change is pushing weather risk management to new heights. In fact, the market is exploding: as of this past April, trading in weather contracts had a face value of $19 billion at the CME, a jump of 100-fold since 2003. Fears of global climate change are bringing to the table all kinds of...