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Pieter Smith
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At 8:52am on September 4, 2008, Laura Mitchelson said…
Hi Pieter. Great to see you on the China group. Would be interested to learn a bit more abouto what you do in South Africa when you have a chance.
 
 

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What is the collapse of NPT? Otherwise, and interesting list of global risks to be mitigated by large institutions. I imagine some organizational cultures will be better than others at recognizing this.
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Hi Jeremy, Last week at SCIP Amsterdam, the CI Manager of CISCO said that they were also not that much looking at the competition, but rather focusing on understanding customers. This seems to be the behaviour of market leaders who prefer creating...
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New owners at Markintell.com. The exchange platform and community will be served much more intense and more professionally now and I am happy to report that the strategy for the global CI user base won't change at the site: http://www.markintell...
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Cited by : http://www.corporaterisks.info/ Mergers & Acquisitions presents CORPORATE RISKS which has to be mitigated. Success of merger / acquisition depends how we have actually prepared at: 1. Pre Merger stage 2. Post Merger stage Pre Merger...
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Cited by: http://www.corporaterisks.info/ Internal Environment Analysis Do we / competitors have a powerful strategy What core competence do we / competitors have How is our product strongly differentiated from that of our rivals Are our compet...
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Kind courtsey: http://www.corporaterisks.info/ Macro Risks of Globalisation [ Domino Effect ] 1. Retrenchment from globalisation 2. Oil & Gas spike 3. Infectious diseases in the Developing world 3. Trans-national crime and corruption 4. Chronic ...
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Hello, Mark, your reasoning would be described in Polish by two words: "zaklinanie rzeczywistości". Is the wording "conjuration of reality" really ( http://www.culturalanimation.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/zasoby.pdf ) the English equivalent of...
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The Shariah Competitive Intelligence Best Practice(SCI) though prohibits destructive and unethical Competitive Intelligence activities encompassing all aspects of Corporate Espionage. One major principle espoused under the SCI is the universal pr...
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I've started a mind map for this. Hope this helps. Mind Map
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Reminds me of a funny story. Some years ago I was interviewed for a business magazine's cover story about CI. My picture was to appear on the magazine cover. After the photo shoot, I idly asked the magazine folk what title they would give the sto...
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I have found that there are two general attitudes behind all the reasons why a company would not look at its competitors -- arrogance and ignorance. Arrogance: we're the market leader, and as long as we keep serving our customers well, there's no ...
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Courtsey : Hudson Hawk - www.corporaterisks.info insight@corporaterisks.info Eurofighter Typhoon Sources opine that EADS has invited India to be part of the 4 country consortium provided the Typhoon is chosen by Indian Air Force Lockheed Ma...
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I'm going to play devils advocate here. It's possible that this company has its feet firmly on the ground - and is actually thinking more than many of us do. As CI professionals we focus on competitors - perhaps to too great an extent if we igno...
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This is an excellent book by a friend of mine. He is an excellent presenter www.dan-terry.co.uk I have learned so much from him in terms of engaging with the audience.
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Just a point of interest, Military Intelligence uses "strategy maps" and network diagrams to determine strengths, formations and who communicates with who (called Network diagrams). These strategy maps really do help you see the big picture and p...
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