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Competitive intelligence and strategic intelligence

With the advent of globalization, lowering production costs and increasing productivity and enterprise competitiveness have become a must in the new information society. Knowledge is now increasingly considered a key corporate asset that enables enterprises to maintain their market competitiveness. The concepts of competitive intelligence, strategic intelligence, economic intelligence, business intelligence are becoming increasingly important in our knowledge based society. This page lists and rates Internet resources related to competitive intelligence, strategic intelligence, economic intelligence and business intelligence.

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Last updated February 17th 2005

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Sites are reviewed individually and rated mostly according to content depth and value added, while also considering ease of navigation and speed of loading. For each category best resources are listed first.

Guide on Competitive intelligence This excellent guide on competitive intelligence developed by Industry Canada proposes an action plan which will help a company become a stronger competitor in the present e-business environment. Do not miss the section on resources. Info-Guide - Technological and Strategic Intelligence This Info-Guide provides basic information on the concept of strategic and technological intelligence and guides you through the government services and programs relating to this subject. Although focused on Quebec it can be used by anyone as it will enable you to understand the various types of intelligence and the various levels of monitoring for intelligence purposes that exist. CI Resource Index The Competitive Intelligence Resource Index is a search engine and an annotated meta index on competitive intelligence. The index is divided in eight categories (associations, books, companies, documentation, education, jobs, publications and software) and includes 1961 sites directly related to competitive intelligence. Excellent site. Veille.com Veille.com represents the first on line community on economic and strategic intelligence. The site includes a directory on economic intelligence and strategic watch, a guide on search tools and search agents, discussion lists, etc. The directory is particularly rich and interesting. Internet Intelligence Index Compiled by Fuld & Company Inc, a leading consulting company on competitive intelligence, the Internet Intelligence Index is designed to help you gather information from a wide variety of public services, in support of your competitive intelligence efforts. This meta-index contains links to over 600 intelligence-related Internet sites. Excellent site. Strategic Road Strategic Road has the ambitious objective of achieving a truly strategic watch function at the crossroads of economic intelligence and online information search. It provides essential information on strategic intelligence, infostrategy, geopolitics, security and risks. Do not miss the section on documents. Brint.com Describing itself as the "Premier News and Business Intelligence Portal" this site is a well known and reputed resource for Business Technology Management and Knowledge Management. The section on latest news and business intelligence is quite interesting. A Tutorial for Researching Companies Online This business research tutorial presents a step-by-step process for finding free company and industry information on the World Wide Web. Very good tutorial which demonstrates that you can gather a tremendous amount of business intelligence information on prospects, competitors, vendors, suppliers, customers, or other companies in just a few hours. Super Searchers on Competitive Intelligence This meta index includes 261 referenced sites useful for the competitive intelligence researcher Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) is a global nonprofit membership organization for everyone involved in creating and managing business knowledge. Its mission is to enhance the skills of knowledge professionals in order to help their companies achieve and maintain a competitive advantage. Quite interesting site. Do not miss the index of free information available on the site. The role of ICT in competitive intelligence This report on the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in competitive intelligence discusses possible uses of ICT for intelligence activities. In this discussion particular attention is paid to ICT tools such as the systematic use of the Internet for collection of information, groupware applications for uncovering information requirements, specific applications for supporting the analysis of information, the use of an intranet for disseminating intelligence, and data warehouses or data mining tools. Very interesting report which also makes the distinction between competitive intelligence as a product and competitive intelligence as a process. Economic and competitive intelligence From Loyola college in Maryland this meta-index lists sites related to military intelligence, strategic intelligence, economic espionage, businesss intelligence, competitive intelligence, technology transfer and national security, etc. Interesting site, somewhat outdated and focused mostly on military intelligence and national security. Research guide on competitive intelligence From the library of Santa Clara University this small research guide combines bibliographic information and list of Internet resources. The focus is on how to find information on competitors in a given industry sector. Interesting but limited. International Association of Strategic Management The International Association of Strategic Management is a francophone professional association whose members are researchers in management, strategy and organization. Its mission is to promote research on strategic management, disseminate information and help its members in their professional development. Very rich and interesting site although not directly focused on competitive intelligence or strategic intelligence. However its focus on strategic management makes it very relevant. Intelligence Online Intelligence Online describes itself as the first system of political and economic intelligence. It deciphers all influence-bringing activities around the world whether they originate from lobbying groups, intelligence services, or economic intelligence units, and it evaluates emerging risks around the world (terrorism, proliferation, organised crime, money laundering, political instability). Potentially interesting but one has to pay to access the information