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Competitive Intelligence versus Espionage
Started by Raul Făt. Last reply by Vivek Raghuvanshi yesterday. 13 Replies 0 Likes
What tactics and approaches have you found to be successful in managing customer pushback?
Started by Andrew Beurschgens Jan 21. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Ahead of the 28th UK Competitive Intelligence Forum Networking Event, the UK affiliate of the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals, entitled 'Successfully Managing Customer Pushback'…Continue
Tags: pushback, customer, managing, Successfully
Amity Institute of Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Management (AICISM), Amity University, invites research Papers for the Amity Competitive Intelligence Conference
Started by Vivek Raghuvanshi. Last reply by Vivek Raghuvanshi Jan 16. 3 Replies 0 Likes
AMITY INSTITUTE OF COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE ANDSTRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (AICISM)Amity University Campus, Sector-125, Noida Amity Competitive Intelligence Conference - 2012 (ACIC-2012) on Competitive…Continue
A diversion -- your favourite CI and strategy quotes
Started by Alli Marshall. Last reply by Vivek Raghuvanshi Jan 9. 71 Replies 0 Likes
A diversion to start the work week -- what are your favourite CI/strategy quotes?"Skate to where the puck's going, not where it's been."Walter Gretzky (Wayne's father)"Fools rush in..."Alexander…Continue
First issue of JISIB out Vol 1, No 1 (2011)
Started by Klaus Solberg Söilen Jan 5. 0 Replies 3 Likes
athttps://ojs.hh.se/index.php/JISIB/issue/view/JISIB%201%202011/showTocHappy reading!KlausContinue
intelligence et espionnage
Started by EL GOUGI HAYAT. Last reply by Raul Făt Jan 3. 7 Replies 1 Like
Bonjour, Peut on lancer le debat concernant la différence entre intelligence économique et espionnage politique. et peut on dire que l'intelligence économique est un outil d'espionnage. Merci
Call for Video Memoirs on Jim Mathews
Started by Derek Johnson Dec 30, 2011. 0 Replies 3 Likes
Aurora WDC is announcing the details of the annual Jim Mathews Award on February 1, 2012, and are recruiting short video memoirs on the way Jim’s friendship, mentorship, or other qualities influenced…Continue
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012
Started by Jafni Noor. Last reply by Vivek Raghuvanshi Dec 23, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
To all Competitive Intelligence members,Through out the year 2011, we have been working so hard to achieve victory in our CI profession- getting the right information and making the best decisions…Continue
Interesting Examples
Started by Babette Bensoussan. Last reply by Vivek Raghuvanshi Dec 23, 2011. 4 Replies 1 Like
Came across this interesting article.....http://news.yahoo.com/digging-china-nuclear-tunnels-013008319.html and was…Continue
Zynga IPO Hurt by Tactical Errors: PrivCo Private Company Financial Information Provider
Started by Dan Gingert Dec 20, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Today's PrivCo newsletter: http://www.privco.com/newsletters/privco-newsletter-dec-20-2011PrivCo is the premier source…Continue
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The future is already here - can you read the signals?
Posted by Varsha Chitale on January 24, 2012 at 6:56am 0 Comments 0 Likes
“Can you do research and tell me what my key intelligence topic should be?” was a request from a market intelligence analyst to us recently. What he was actually saying, is that he needs pointers on what trends or developments will be relevant to his company going forward, so that he can focus on them and prepare for them now. He wants to identify relevant “weak signals”.
All new trends/ patterns/ macro changes in technologies, society, economy, etc. start with small shifts in…
Continue The taxi driver syndrome for intelligence profesionals
Posted by Joost Drieman on January 2, 2012 at 12:00pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
The CI “taxi driver syndrome”.
How often does the market and competitive intelligence team get requests without any further background information why the stakeholder needs that particular information?
For instance you get the question: How many PC’s are there in Austria?
If you than reply by asking: “why do you want to know this?” the response might very well be: “Just give me the data. I need it. Rather today than tomorrow”.…
Continue CI in 2012 - When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Posted by Varsha Chitale on December 30, 2011 at 12:47am 0 Comments 0 Likes
This is the season for forecasting – looking at what the new year might bring… Not to be left behind, here are my two bits on what 2012 will bring for competitive intelligence practitioners in India.
Diagnosis for strategy formulation
Posted by Varsha Chitale on December 29, 2011 at 3:42am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Treating a patient for the wrong ailment will not make the patient better, but may actually harm him. This is as true for an organization as for the human body.
Strategy formulation (and planning) is undertaken at least one a year in most organizations; and more often than that in some organizations. Strategies are devised for navigating obstacles and challenges to reach the desired business objectives/ goals. However, if the key obstacles and challenges are wrongly identified, how…
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Catalog Updates site of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva - for January - February 2012
Posted by Viktor Voksanaev on December 21, 2011 at 9:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Dear Colleagues,
I suggest read the informational materials that are available December 29, 2011 on the site of the Research Center Viktor Voksanaeva site of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva. I hope that the material will be useful to all analysts.
Sincerely, V. Voksanaev
Under the heading: Analytical materials on OSINT (English):
Russia: Security Concerns About Iran's Space…
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Vivek Raghuvanshi replied to Raul Făt's discussion 'Competitive Intelligence versus Espionage'
"Sherlock Holmes " -quote of the day:"And you don´t trust you own secret service?""Naturally not. They all spy on people for money."
Udo Hohlfeld replied to Udo Hohlfeld's discussion 'CI in Eastern Europe' in the group CI in Eastern Europe
As no one is interested in participating in this discussion, I stop it (if one can say so as there actually is nothing to stop :) ) - Anyway thank you to the Romanian colleague for his off-line input! Best wishes, Udo
Andrew Beurschgens left a comment for David Coates
Thank you David, if you could send an email to info@ukcif.co.uk then I can be sure to add you to the distribution list going forward. We have a strong line up of networking event comments agaion ranging from Beyond Google through to Government…
David Coates replied to Raul Făt's discussion 'Competitive Intelligence versus Espionage'
... and taking Espionage as Industrial espionage, can this ever pitch in the moral domain? Interested to know if anyone would suggest that such activity as theft of trade secrets, bribery, spying, blackmail, and technological…
David Coates left a comment for Andrew Beurschgens
Hi Andrew,
Very interested in your event on 28 Feb, however I cannot make that date - but would be interested in attending furure events in and around London.
Regards, David
Klaus Solberg Söilen commented on Laura Mitchelson's group 'CI China'
You may want to check out the article history of CI in China, here https://ojs.hh.se/index.php/JISIB/issue/view/JISIB%201%202011/showToc
From Chengdu,
Klaus
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The future is already here - can you read the signals?
“Can you do research and tell me what my key intelligence topic should be?” was a request from a market intelligence analyst to us recently. What he was actually saying, is that he needs pointers on what trends or developments will be relevant to his company going forward, so that he can focus on them and prepare for them now. He wants to identify relevant “weak signals”.All new trends/ patterns/ macro changes in technologies, society, economy, etc. start with small shifts in opinions or…See More
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