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Description:

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The enterprise market today faces unprecedented challenges in attracting
and retaining top talent, and many HR departments have turned to technology
to help them achieve their workforce goals. ITSMA’s Enhancing
Customer Value from Human Capital Management Software Applications and
Services benchmarks the brand equity of full-suite application
providers, integrators, and niche application developers. It also explores
the customer decision process for buying enterprise HCM software applications
and services and is a powerful jumping off place for improving provider
positioning, focus, and marketing.
In particular, the report addresses issues such as:
- What priorities drive the decision-making process when large and
midsize firms and institutions buy business software applications and
services?
- What marketing investments will be most effective in building brand
and improving competitive position?
Key topics highlighted in the report include:
- How Customers Choose
- Brand Equity
- Effective Marketing
- Purchasing Preferences
Study Methodology

ITSMA conducted telephone-based interviews in the United States with
501 IT and business executives involved in the purchase of software applications
and solutions as part of a larger study on the enterprise software applications
market as a whole, Enhancing Customer Value from Enterprise Software
Applications and Services: 2005 Brand Tracking Study.
For this study, ITSMA separately examined the answers of 100 respondents
who were asked their opinions and experiences as they related specifically
to their perceptions of HCM application suite and services providers. This
study examines the responses of those 100 respondents.
Respondent Demographics

Study respondents all held director, vice president, or C-level positions
and represented organizations in multiple major industries with revenue
or operating budgets ranging from $300 million to over $20 billion.

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