Business information technology has come a long way in just a few years. The day of researching various companies through hard cover books is all but gone now, replaced with a much faster and more accurate system of online research tools. As well, the same amount of research work that took a dozen people or more to conduct just a few years ago is now handled by one or two people.
This is good news, especially for smaller companies who in the past were not able to afford the services of huge research team or firm. These days, many smaller companies, and some larger ones, prefer to do their own internal research which allows them to focus on only the most important factors that concern their immediate needs. But even though business information technology has become faster and somewhat easier to conduct, it still requires a certain amount of pre-planning as well as the use of some rather unique skill sets.
One of the most important skill sets is also one of the most overlooked. This is the skill set that involves knowing exactly what to research on a company. As you probably already know, most publicly held companies and many privately held companies have literally...