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Finding competitor analysis for companies
Often when you are researching a company, it will be useful to compare it to its peers. Here are some resources you can use to find and compare competitor companies. Peer Comparison and Peer Analysis ...
Using grey literature in your research: A short guide
As you research and write your thesis, you might come across, or be looking for, ‘grey literature’. This is quite simply material that is either unpublished, or published but not in a commercial form. Types ...
CORD is now live in the new Cranfield Repository (CERES)!
Last Wednesday, 3 July, we launched a new joint platform for our CORD and CERES systems. It will enable us to manage and share Cranfield’s research data and publications in one place. The fresh, modern ...
Developing the CRIS – now you can do more!
Our new CRIS (research information system) was launched in December 2023 and the team have been working hard behind the scenes to make it even better. We have just introduced three new improvements that we ...
All about standards
What are standards? Standards are documents outlining in detail the rules, guidelines or characteristics for specific products or processes. Standards may be a legal requirement or voluntary. Standards cover many sectors from engineering and business ...
Sourcing information on company shareholder meetings
Would access to transcripts of company meetings (AGMs, EGMs, etc.) be useful in your research? If you are not a shareholder or don’t have inside contacts, this kind of information can be hard to come ...