Clarke & Esposito’s services are designed around our clients’ most pressing challenges and opportunities. We help our clients assess and manage partnerships, review and develop business strategies and operations, create new products, identify opportunities, evaluate and manage risk, optimize and adjust business models, and better understand and engage with their customers and communities.
Are your operations functioning both effectively and efficiently? Are there functions you wish to explore outsourcing?
How is your program performing? Where are your growth opportunities?
Is your pricing competitive? Configured for revenue growth?
A financial model is a powerful tool that enables the management to perform “what if” analyses
Are your governance structure and Boards optimized to support organization success?
What are the risks and opportunities of OA for your publications?
How does your marketing strategy and operation model map to the capabilities and skills need to succeed in today’s market?
What marketing technologies best fit your needs? How do you successfully chose, implement, and adopt marketing technology?
Do you want to elevate your marketing function?
Do you want the customer to be at the center of all that you do?
Do you need support developing and implementing winning marketing plans?
Do you wish to learn about a new area of marketing?
Could you benefit from marketing advisory services?
Do you want to bring out the best in your talent?
What are the best-fit vendors and platforms for your publications?
Is your publishing contract optimized for your organization?
Do you have the right partner, and the right contract terms, to best position your publications for success now and in the future?
How your product, service, or organization fits into the market as compared to competitors, and where opportunities and open space might be found.
A systematic survey of the market and identification of the factors and forces that affect your products, services, or organization as a whole.
A commissioned study of business practices, editorial policies, pricing practices, technology adoption, or other issues relevant or your business.
Semi-structured research interviews are an essential tool for gathering qualitative information directly from customers and other stakeholders.
Whether of a your entire community or a subset of stakeholders, a well-written survey can provide a quantitative snapshot on key issues.
How does your program compare to peers?
What features and functionality will add the most value to your product and delight your customers? How do we prioritize and assess the return on investment?
What does a minimum viable product look like?
Identifying the right vendors and partners and aligning incentives can mean the difference between a successful product launch and one that struggles.
How can you position new products and services for success?
Are organization goals, editorial pipeline and strategy, financials, and community needs aligned to support a new product?
Do you wish to learn about a new area of marketing?
Editorial board meeting facilitation and workshops oriented to the needs of Editors-in-Chief and the editorial team
What topics should be top of mind for your Boards? How can you optimize Board functioning?
Engage and educate your team around strategy and planning.
What open access models make most sense for your library/consortia?
Negotiating strategy in an increasingly complex environment.
What are the primary business concerns for your library/consortia?
STMA does not place financings but we can help introduce developing companies to financing sources in our network.
Whether a single journal or book, an imprint, a division, or entire company.
Single acquisition or plan for multi-target strategic acquisition program.