Plunkett Research, Ltd. announces publication of its complete market forecasts and financial analysis for the Security, Detection, Burglar Alarms, Sensors & Intercom System Manufacturing Industry. Plunkett estimates U.S. revenues for this industry at $4.939 billion for the year 2017, and provides forecasts for several years in its latest Industry Analytics report.

For complete information on this industry report, please see: https://www.plunkettresearch.com/industries/security-detection-burglar-alarms-sensors-intercom-system-manufacturing-revenues-market-size-forecasts-benchmarks-analysis/

Plunkett Research, Ltd. announces publication of its complete market forecasts and financial analysis for the Wireless Communications and Radio and TV Broadcasting Equipment Manufacturing, including Cellphones (Handsets) Industry. Plunkett estimates U.S. revenues for this industry at $24.669 billion for the year 2017, and provides forecasts for several years in its latest Industry Analytics report.

For complete information on this industry report, please see: https://www.plunkettresearch.com/industries/wireless-communications-and-radio-and-tv-broadcasting-equipment-manufacturing-including-cellphones-handsets-revenues-market-size-forecasts-benchmarks-analysis/

Plunkett Research, Ltd. announces publication of its complete market forecasts and financial analysis for the Telecommunications, Telephone and Network Equipment Manufacturing, including PBX, Routers, Switches and Handsets Manufacturing Industry. Plunkett estimates U.S. revenues for this industry at $7.494 billion for the year 2017, and provides forecasts for several years in its latest Industry Analytics report.

For complete information on this industry report, please see: https://www.plunkettresearch.com/industries/telecommunications-telephone-and-network-equipment-manufacturing-including-pbx-routers-switches-and-handsets-manufacturing-revenues-market-size-forecasts-benchmarks-analysis/

Plunkett Research, Ltd. announces publication of its complete market forecasts and financial analysis for the Communications Equipment Manufacturing Industry. Plunkett estimates U.S. revenues for this industry at $37.102 billion for the year 2017, and provides forecasts for several years in its latest Industry Analytics report.

For complete information on this industry report, please see: https://www.plunkettresearch.com/industries/communications-equipment-manufacturing-revenues-market-size-forecasts-benchmarks-analysis/

Plunkett Research, Ltd. announces publication of its complete market forecasts and financial analysis for the Computer Peripherals and Accessories, including Printers, Monitors and Terminals Manufacturing Industry. Plunkett estimates U.S. revenues for this industry at $8.9 billion for the year 2017, and provides forecasts for several years in its latest Industry Analytics report.

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At Plunkett Research Online, the innovative business and industry market research and analysis system, usage by subscribers soared during the first half of 2018 compared to the same period of 2017. Based on input from librarians and other users, we believe this is due to expanded content, including our addition of:

• Analysis of the Sharing/Gig Economy
• Analysis of the Consumer Products & Services Industry
• Analysis of the Aerospace & Drones Industry
• Plus our fantastic new Industry Analytics tool

For existing subscribers we’ve seen the following average year-over-year increases:

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     ✓  Searches are up 71.86%
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Exciting new content planned for 2019 should further boost this trend!

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Among the most powerful trends in the world of business is the outsourcing of day-to-day tasks to third-party firms that specialize in mundane work. While many business people and researchers are aware of this trend, they may not understand the exceptional effect it has had on mid-size firms (those of roughly $100 million to $1 billion in annual revenues).

Outsourcing has fueled mid-size firms in two completely different ways:

1) To boost a company from its early (or startup) stages into significant size requires that the firm’s management find a way to do a thousand little things consistently and accurately. For example, a young company may have raised capital and hired engineers to develop an outstanding new security system that boosts the safety of public school buildings. There is clearly widespread demand for such a system, and a firm that can quickly serve this need with the right product might grow into a massive success over a few short years. If the product is right, and if management executes a good growth plan, the firm might quickly surpass $100 million in revenues.

But, how would such a firm handle the burden of the myriad details required to handle such growth? Outsourcing is typically the answer. For example, the company’s staff will need to soar in size. Human resources management might be outsourced to a firm like Insperity or XcelHr.

Manufacturing might best be controlled close to home. Let’s say our growing company is based in Arizona in the U.S. It might outsource its security system manufacturing to Axelsys, in nearby California, where the firm’s product design team could cooperate readily with Axelsys’ manufacturing experts. This can be much more effective than attempting to manufacture overseas during a company’s early growth years.

How about the problem of installing those security systems at schools located all over the U.S., and perhaps eventually all over the world? Here again, a large number of highly experienced specialist companies are ready to provide those services on an outsourced basis.

Clearly, the utilization of outsourcing can help a growing company handle needed tasks efficiently while concentrating on making its own products better. This model has been the key to growth for many of today’s most successful mid-size companies.

2) Now, here’s the second positive effect of outsourcing on the middle market: Many of those outsourcing firms have themselves become growth stars. Perhaps most noteworthy are the outsourced warehousing and logistics companies that have grown so rapidly. Many have reached $500 million and more in revenues, by handling the warehousing, packaging and shipping needs of growing clients, in a practice known as 3PL or Third-Party Logistics. Such services are particularly critical for today’s soaring ecommerce industry.

Plunkett Research has recently published reports on the outsourcing industry and on the middle market as a whole:

Plunkett’s Outsourcing & Offshoring Industry Almanac, 2019 edition.

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Almanac Editions:- Publication: June 2018 | Price: $379.99
Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-499-1 | eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-822-7

Plunkett’s Almanac of Middle Market Companies, 2019 edition.

For more information: Online
Almanac Editions:- Publication: July 2018 | Price: $379.99
Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-502-8 | eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-826-5

It was bound to happen sooner or later: the lines are beginning to blur between the electronic video games, which are typically played at home, and professional spectator sports as watched on TV or in stadiums. Today, professional and semi-pro electronic games are attracting viewers in the millions, many of whom pay for the privilege. Global revenue for spectator eSports could easily reach $1.5 to $2.0 billion by 2020.

eSports action can be found live, on TV and streaming on the internet. In late 2014, Amazon acquired Twitch Interactive, Inc., an internet video channel for broadcasting and watching people play games. The price was nearly $1 billion! Sports arenas and other entertainment venues are hosting sell-out e-Games tournaments. College campuses in the U.S. are joining eSports leagues. Turner Broadcasting System partnered with WME/IMB to establish a league for videogame players and fans, intending to utilize prime-time television.

Games industry giant Activision Blizzard launched The Overwatch League which sells tickets to fans who watch teams competing at live events, as well as TV broadcasting of this competition.

eSports are in the mainstream on college campuses where teams are competing in tournaments for money and other prizes. In April 2018, teams from more than 500 colleges competed in the second annual Activision Blizzard’s Heroes of the Dorm championship which was streamed on Facebook. Players for Laval University each won full tuition for the remainder of their college careers. Riot Games, Inc. runs tournaments in which 116 teams compete worldwide, and each of those teams has at least one coach on staff, with salaries of between $30,000 and $50,000 annually. In 2018, the National Federation of State High Schools Association recommended the addition of eSports to U.S. high schools’ list of official extra-curricular activities.

Special stadiums dedicated to eSports games are being built around the world. In mid-2018, the city of Arlington, Texas broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot complex named Esports Stadium Arlington. This is a logical investment by the city, as it is already the home of the stadiums of both the Texas Rangers MLB team, and the Dallas Cowboys NFL football team. A firm called Allied Esports International has planned or opened several eSports stadiums, including locations in the U.S. (California and Las Vegas), as well as cities in China and Germany.

For those of you who want to keep up with the latest trends and statistics in eSports and electronic games, as well as traditional professional sports and leagues of all types, Plunkett Research has published two terrific new 2019 edition Industry Almanacs. These are complete market research reports, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms.

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1) Plunkett’s Sports & Recreation Industry Almanac, 2019 edition.

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Almanac Editions:- Publication: June 2018 | Price: $379.99
Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-500-4 | eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-823-4

2) Plunkett’s Games, Apps & Social Media Industry Almanac, 2019 edition.

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Almanac Editions:- Publication: June 2018 | Price: $379.99
Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-496-0 | eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-821-0

For those of you who are utilizing Plunkett Research’s terrific Industry Almanacs in eBook format, please note that you can download MARC records for these eBooks anytime you want, at: https://www.plunkettresearch.com/marc-records-for-ebooks/. This page includes an archive of MARC records, from the newest titles back to 2010 editions.

Plunkett Research has begun releasing its 2019 Industry Almanacs in printed and ebook formats. The 2019 collection will be published over the next several months, based on a pre-set research and editing schedule. You can download the complete 2019 list with prices, ISBNs and publication dates under the “Order Forms” section of our Catalogs page: https://www.plunkettresearch.com/catalogs/.

The 2019 Order Forms and Lists are available for download now—the complete 2019 catalog will be available in September. Also, please note that we are adding two exciting new titles for 2019:

1) Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning Industry Almanac 2019

Artificial Intelligence (AI) will rapidly be adopted by virtually all industry sectors. It will create synergies with everything from robotics to gene sequencing to jet airliners. Banks will make lending decisions with AI, engineers will rely on it for help with sophisticated design decisions, manufacturers will rely on it for efficiency, and marketers will utilize AI to push advertising campaigns to the most likely audiences. Massive amounts of investment are pouring into AI in such nations as the U.S., Japan, China and Germany.

Available to subscribers to Plunkett Research Online, and in book formats:
Almanac Editions: Publication:10/30/2018      Price: $379.99
Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-516-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-841-8

2) The Internet of Things (IoT) & Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Industry Almanac 2019

The Internet of Things, along with the related technology of Machine-to-Machine Communications, will soon be a major change in the way that we communicate with, monitor and control virtually everything: from self-driving cars—to air conditioning systems—to industrial plants—to airliners. Billions of dollars are pouring into this sector now, which will create a vital leap forward for the environment and sustainability, health care, transportation and manufacturing, to name but a few uses.

Available to subscribers to Plunkett Research Online, and in book formats:
Almanac Editions: Publication:03/15/2019      Price: $379.99
Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-477-9
eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-802-9

Plunkett Research, Ltd. recently announced an important market research and competitive analysis report, Plunkett’s Consulting Industry Almanac, 2018 edition. It is a complete market research report, including forecasts and market estimates, technologies analysis and developments at innovative firms.

Global consulting industry revenues (including HR, IT, strategy, technical, operations, management and business advisory services) will be about $491 billion in 2018, according to Plunkett Research estimates. In recent years, corporate profits in general have grown dramatically, meaning that executives are reasonably willing to authorize new consulting projects, as long as they see the potential for a good return on the cost.

2018 Edition of Plunkett's Consulting Industry Market Research

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Almanac Editions:- Publication: May 2018 | Price: $379.99

    Printed ISBN: 978-1-62831-467-0 | eBook ISBN: 978-1-62831-782-4