Research Services -

Research Customized to Your Individual Needs

We work with you, from our initial contact until your assignment is completed, to identify your needs, develop and implement a targeted research/analysis strategy, and present a final product that YOU will find useful. Our short- and long-term studies, market analysis, and final reports (and/or recommendations) help you to make sound business decisions. Don’t sidestep the need to assess your competitive market environment – keep the competitive edge!

Public Affairs

Burkhardt Research Services provides current affairs and public perception research to public sector bodies, political groups, and non-profit agencies – supporting policy development, mandate reviews, and campaign or PR strategies.

Completed studies at Burkhardt Research Services range from public perception surveys for a Canadian municipality to a national U.S. health care quantification study used in developing a 2008 bill before the U.S. House of Representatives. These studies are supplemented by paid staff experience working on political campaigns in both the U.S. and Canada. 

Services include:

• Public consultation surveys

• Tracking studies

• Omnibus studies

• Database management

• Environmental scans

• News/literature reviews

 Competitor Solutions

Our competitive intelligence projects focus on the competitive activities and inter-dynamics of one or more individual competitors - competitor profiling (executive biographies, operations activity, financial summaries, strategy/market planning), competitor evaluations, and threat/opportunity assessments.

• Evaluating Competitive Context

• Competitive Intelligence for Sales

• Competitive Intelligence for Operations

• Competitor Monitoring

• Benchmark Analysis

• Competitive Intelligence Outsourcing

• Establish a Competitive Intelligence Department

• Industry Consolidation - M & A

Training

We conduct training seminars for your company or industry association.  Our senior presenter consults for industry clients and is an adjunct faculty at City University's School of Business. In addition, her 'Competitive Intelligence Workbook' is in use as a university textbook.  Our seminars are available on a variety of subjects, including competitive intelligence (overview, techniques, and/or application/s), customer intelligence, and/or research methodologies.

• Intelligence and Market Research Training

• Training for Micro Businesses and Community Agencies

Presentations

The presentations made by our staff are conducted for industry groups, trade associations, and academia who have an interest in competitive intelligence and market research.  For more information, refer to the list of our previous presentations.