FAQ

The most frequently asked questions ....

1. What is THE MATERIALS MARKET RESEARCH FILE all about?
The idea behind The Materials Market Research File is to provide in depth coverage of current pan-materials market research, listing content related and competing reports together so that clients can easily compare the products of different publishers and make well informed purchasing decisions. We seek to provide clients with multiple options on their topic of interest, wherever such options are available. [more...]


2. Who will benefit from a subscription?
A 12 or 6 months license for The Materials Market Research File is freely transferable within companies or other organizations, to any department or subsidiary, worldwide, and at no extra cost. Subscribers are acquiring a global license without limits on use. Purchase of a license, therefore, is most beneficial to larger institutions engaged and operating in diverse materials fields. Such subscribers benefit from acquiring a single, continuously updated online resource covering market intelligence in their various fields of business. Benefit also comes with each additional employee using the file as the price for an annual subscription remains unchanged, regardless of the number of users.


3. Are there really that many reports covering a single materials topic?
Compared to scientific research reports, the number of market oriented materials industry reports is, of course, much smaller. However, this does not mean that competing products do not exist. You will be surprised to find quite a few other products besides the one you have read about or heared of from a colleague. "The only newsletter...." and "The only report..." may well have a rival product.


4. Do competing reports differ in price?
Yes, they do. The difference can be quite substantial. [more...]


5. Unlike other reports clearinghouses, THE MATERIALS MARKET RESEARCH FILE does not sell or stock the titles listed. Why is that?
We do not intend to reinvent the wheel, meaning that we consider it more appropriate to link to the original report or service profile instead of hosting it. In our view, buyers of market research should have direct access to the original product profile and the opportunity to discuss any queries directly with the publisher, not the distributor or a call center. Buyers of market research are likely to request more background information than ordinary book buyers.

Our mission is to track as many publishers as possible and provide timely information on their products. Instead of using an e-shop distribution system that relies on partnerships and, as a consequence, limits the number of research products, we use hypertext linking. Benefits to users are twofold:

a) access to a larger number of products and more competition

b) rapid and flexible handling of any changes to the original product information [more...]


6. Do the links function properly?
While external links are rather a nuisance on many sites because they are not updated and monitored, ours work.

Links form the backbone of the database and are constantly checked, both manually, and by a state of the art, automated programme. Users, however, may encounter non-performing links. This may be due to technical reasons on the side of the server or network operator, or because the links have been (re)moved by the publisher. Server and network related technical problems are beyond our control. Any problems arising from products being no longer offered or presented under different links will be immediatley taken care of by our technical support team.

Non-performing links are rare and will not impede your work. We guarantee.


7. How up-to-date is THE MATERIALS MARKET RESEARCH FILE?
The Materials Market Research File covers forthcoming reserarch and a period of 10 months only backdating from the current month. As titles older than 10 months are dropped automatically and new ones being added continuously, The Materials Market Research File is highly up-to-date [more...].


8. How many new reports do you add per month?
On average 20 - 30 titles per month and subject area. New titles are presented in an Alert List ("New Arrivals"), one for each of the main subject areas in the front page menu.


9. How comprehensive is THE MATERIALS MARKET RESEARCH FILE?
We are not aware of any other publications clearinghouse with the same extensive coverage of materials market research.