Decisionmaking Insight
and Networks
Investment Research
We aim to reach the highest standards of effectiveness, efficiency and value to our clients. We can work as a business or investment & strategy consulting team externally or as executives or non-executive directors within your organisation. We can offer boardroom or CxO support. Over 4,350 senior executives have taken part in 50 full technology conference days with CIR since 2002 in our exciting high quality evolving programmes and forming an excellent connecting network for skills, team, funding and advice. You can also consult with CIR to design, create, cost/sponsor and run an event or event series.
Through rigorous but straightforward processes, we offer:
1. Market characterisation (sizing, trends, segmentation, competitive landscape analysis, global research & tech intelligence gathering etc.)
2. Market research, business intelligence and hypothesis validation
3. Evaluation of business cases
4. Project benefit-cost analyses (IRR/NPV probability-weighted revenue projections and sensitivity analysis & selection)
5. Determination and assessment of company values and distillation of company mission statement
6. Technical studies and whitepapers (e.g. digital printing, quantum computation)
7. Technology roadmapping
8. Models of iterative experimentation and “lean”
9. Commercial investment due diligence for investment or M&A decision-making
10. Funding model analysis for decision making
11. Definition and assessment of diversification strategies or gap analyses
12. Evaluation of market opportunities, threats and barriers to entry
13. Project socio-economic impact assessment
14. Departmental decision structure matrix ordering for sets of projects
15. Customer experience model assessment
16. Business process model assessment
17. Evaluation of intangible benefits and costs
18. Customer analyses
19. Independent project assessment
20. Opportunity and threat prioritisation
21. Market entry strategies
22. Routes to value - a simple, goals-based, monitorable process
23. Project management
24. Marketing and sales advice
25. Events strategy advice and delivery via organisation services
26. Network or “ecosystem” value development strategy and analysis
Feedback from clients
"The technology evolution and business model white papers and presentation days by Cambridge Investment Research team have been key strategic documents for us and we look forward to the next batch of projects with CIR later in the year."
Large Industrial client, 2018
"The business development workshop with the Cambridge Investment Research team has enabled us to think about strategy up to, during and after funding."
Clean Energy & transport client, 2017
"The November 2017 Cambridge Investment Research Technology Summit Conference was the best you’ve ever done - so you’ve peaked at your 50!"
International Defence Technology client, 2017
"The co-creation workshop with the Cambridge Investment Research team was very useful and helped us design and optimise this complex project series to address core questions for our business.”
Global leading packaging & processing brand client, 2015
"Your detailed global market segmentation and growth study was rigorous and consistent.”
Analytics Director of international research client, 2016
"Your client market research demonstrates the importance and value of this type of digital compared to other types and analogue."
CEO of international printing client, 2015/6
"This is clear and concise - now we have our context and strategy."
Printed Electronics Client, 2014
"I can speak for both myself and my business partner in saying that we were highly impressed by the CIR team. We have both developed great trust in how CIR works.”
Energy HVM client, 2012
"We are very pleased with the work that was done, how CIR interacted with our senior executives, the speed that the project was executed and delivered, and the quality of content. The team added to our thinking on the related strategic initiative and influenced the implementation. We can recommend CIR to engage with companies on transformational projects."
Printing Client, 2011
Example Past and Present CIR Clients
Further CIR Client Track Record
A
Airbus Defence & Space
Akvaterm
Amantys & ARU
B
BMW Group
Brother
BritonEMS Ltd
C
Cambridge Display Technology plc
Cambridge Silicon Radio plc
Cyan Technology
D
Domino Printing
Diboride Semiconductors
Dystar
E
EDF Energy
Empower Community LLP
Epson
F
Fujifilm Electronic Imaging
Ferro
FlexEnable
G
GB Innomech
Galu
Green Energy Options
H
Haydale
Hitachi Europe
Heidelberger
I
Inkski
INNOS
IfM
JKL
Judge BS Exec Education
Lemur Software
London Stock Exchange
M
Marshall Aerospace
Marshall Motor Gp
Marshall Specialist Vehicles
N
Norgren
Nanosight
NPL
P
Plastic Logic
PIRA
Postjet
OQR
Oxford Instruments plc
QinetiQ Nanomaterials
Royal Mail
S
Spectra Dimatix
Smith & Nephew
Siemens
T
Tata
TEKES Finland
Tetra Pak Sweden
Thomas Swan
UVW
UKTI
Virata
WACOM Europe
X
Xaar plc
XJTAG
Xsilon
YZ
YouMuse
Zeiss SMT
Recent Projects
Value Network Analysis: opportunity & threat analysis via business value flow for multinational
Cambridge Investment Research developed the value network and key partnership metrics on it with a global packaging company with HQ in Europe, outside the UK. The company is considering technology development options to deploy a new class of solutions within its portfolio.
Business M&A - commercial diligence
The client was able to go ahead swiftly and purchase the target company for around GBP£7 million after CIR conducted a global client research & analysis project to establish the value of the target company’s products and services.