ADI Fooled By Shady 'Research' Report
Author: John Honovich, Published on Jan 06, 2016
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Comments (13)
Undisclosed Integrator #1
The guy who writes the ADI newsletter probably just Googled what he was wanting to find. You can always find a study online that supports your theory. Shame there's an entire industry behind producing made up statistics and articles.
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Armando Perez
85% of statistics are made up on the spot...
I see ADI finding a way to hold their sales department to a higher (unachievable) standard to prop up the beliefs of an executive type who probably doesnt quite have their finger on the pulse of the industry or their own business. Hey look, this report says high growth... why arent we seeing it? Its obviously our sales people's fault! Lets change their compensation to resemble this newfound information!
In reality, they must be looking for a way to reduce expense if they are seeing reduced GP on the same revenue as much of the industry is seeing... Neat how those two things coincide...
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Armando Perez
value added differentiators.... such a perfect opportunity to put a dig in on ADI... Ill restrain myself.
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Baudouin Genouville
I don't buy these reports but I propose those companies to send me their report for free.
And I commit to spend a full day in order to correct it.
Because you can still find some good things inside.
Sometimes I get one for free and I really help them.
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Markus Lahtinen
I think it is important you scrutinize these 'research' reports John. Always problematic with studies making claims about the future. Frequently it's a wishful and simplistic extrapolation of historical data. And like you mention, cross-industry expertise on completely unrelated industries is all too common.
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Undisclosed #2
Not being an expert in at least two of the three categories, I can't say. But according to Google, Digvjay D. is at the very top of these three seemingly unrelated disciplines.
With the possible exception of the CSO at the Lending Tree, he is the authority on cameras, carrots, and capital.
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Frank Yeh
Hey, it's on the Internet_ it must be true!
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3
There's a wonderful book "How to Lie with Statistics"
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Undisclosed Manufacturer #4
John, any thoughts on Homeland Security Research? They seem to focus only on homeland security markets. They claim to see grounds for big growth in the global IVA market. Now I wonder if it's just hype.
http://marketing.homelandsecurityresearch.com/HSRC/GIVS/
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