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Human Resources Compliance Information Services: Market Size, Share & Forecast Report

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Author: David Curle, Director & Lead Analyst

Compliance covers a wide range of activities in which corporations may face regulation: Governance, accounting and financial practices, health and safety, HR, and environmental compliance are among the most universal. This report outlines some of the contours and trends in the overall compliance information market, focusing particularly on the players in the HR field. HR provides a good lens on the trends and market dynamics that are shaping the overall compliance information space. In particular, the report describes the changing competitive environment, where specialization, new technologies, the availability of open source information, and customer interest in workflow solutions are opening the door to competition from a number of new directions. The report includes:

- An overview of the HR compliance market, including a table listing two dozen companies in the HR compliance space and their 2007 est. worldwide revenue and market share;
- Analysis of market dynamics and key trends in HR compliance;
- Essential actions for publishers and information providers.


Pub Date: March 23, 2009
Type: Market Report
Segment: LTR
Keywords: Knowledge Management, Records management, Compliance, Web 2.0
Pages: 14
Format: PDF Application_pdf

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Table of Contents

  • Why This Market?
    1. Methodology
  • HR Compliance Market Overview
    1. Defining Compliance
    2. The HR Compliance Subsegment
    3. HR Compliance Market Size and Share
    4. Growth Forecast Through 2012
  • Market Dynamics and Key Trends
    1. Blurring Distinctions Mean Increased Competition
    2. Increased Competition from Non-Commercial Sources of Information
    3. Competition from Other Types of Players in the HR Field – Threats and Partnership Opportunities
    4. Legal Information for Non-Lawyers
    5. The Link between Economic Development and HR Compliance
    6. Increased Specialization and Fragmentation
    7. Generational Differences Begin to Play a Role
    8. Law is (Still Mostly) Local – Technology is Global
    9. Web 2.0 and the Human Touch
  • Essential Actions
  • Related Research
  • Tables & Figures

  • Table 1. HR Compliance Information Providers Estimated Worldwide Revenue and Market Share, 2007

Companies Mentioned

  1. BLR - Business & Legal Resources
  2. BNA
  3. BT Group plc
  4. Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
  5. ClearView Publishing
  6. Enwisen, Inc.
  7. G. Neil
  8. HR.com Ltd.
  9. HRResource.com
  10. J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
  11. Labor Relations Information System
  12. M. Lee Smith Publishers LLC
  13. Personnel Policy Service, Inc. Publishers
  14. Progressive Business Publications
  15. Reed Elsevier
  16. Salary.com, Inc.
  17. Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
  18. Talentum
  19. Thompson Publishing Group, Inc.
  20. Thomson Reuters - Legal Business
  21. Tippit, Inc.
  22. Wolters Kluwer nv