Competitive Intelligence
Competitive intelligence concept is designed to aid managers and business owners in their decisions through competitive intelligence. You will gain an understanding of how to gather intelligence and use it to achieve organisational goals.
Technique Overview
Competitive Intelligence Definition
Competitive Intelligence (CI) is the process by which organisations gather information on competitors and the competitive environment, ideally using this in their decision-making and planning processes with the goal of adjusting activities to improve performance (Wright et al., 2009: 942).
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Further Reading
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Competitive Intelligence references (4 of up to 20) *
- Babbar, S. and Rai, A. (1993) Competitive Intelligence for International Business. Long Range Planning, Vol. 26(3), pp. 103-113.
- Business Week (2001) In a Recession, Competitive Intelligence Can Pay Off Big. [Online] Available at: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_48/b3759083.htm.
- Calof, J.L. and Wright, S. (2008) Competitive Intelligence: A Practitioner, Academic and Inter-disciplinary Perspective. European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 42(7/8), pp. 717-730.
- Daft, R.L., Murphy, J. and Willmott, H. (2010) Organization Theory and Design. Cengage Learning EMEA, Hampshire, UK.
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