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How do you turn intelligence on direct competitors into a significant advantage for salespeople? It’s a question that I get asked a lot, and shows the growing importance organizations are placing on turning information and raw data into actionable intelligence.

In the world of competitive team sports, coaches and athletes often review tapes of previous events studying the strengths and weaknesses of both the opposing team and individual players. Surprisingly in the business…

The TRANSFIERE Forum's goal is to position Spanish innovation and international convergence, by promoting technology transfer and cooperation between science and business. The forum is organized so that participants can engage in B2B meetings between supply and demand and supply-offer. Malaga (Spain), 13 and 14 February (2013).

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As part of the investigation, developed for Tino Stone Group, developed a total of 18 commercial products, among which is the stripper. To obtain it, had to develop special software called Solubility Techné 3S, which simulates the behavior of computer-certain commercial products. "Our goal was to achieve maximum efficiency with maximum user safety and minimum environmental and toxicological impact. The computer application was…

Dear colleagues!

Please find information materials, which are available November 17, 2012 on the website of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva. I hope that the material will be useful to all analysts.

Sincerely, W. Voksanaev



Under the heading: Analytical materials on OSINT (English):

Collection of analytical materials on exploration Foreknowledge (№ 5, 2012)



Kinds of analytical…

  Dear Sir/Madam,

We are glad to inform you that the Amity Institute of Competitive Intelligence & Strategic Management is organizing a Conference on “Competitive Intelligence is the Future: Intelligence Drives Success”on March-05, 2013, at our campus at Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India.

We hereby solicit your academic cooperation by way of paper presentation and active participation in the conference. We will feel obliged…

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OSINT - Update Catalog site of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva for September-October 2012

Dear colleagues!

Please find the information materials that are posted September 10, 2012 on the website of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva. I hope that the material will be useful to all analysts.

Sincerely, W. Voksanaev



Under the heading: Analytical materials on OSINT…

 Nadie puede desconocer que las buenas ideas emergen desde nuestra conciencia como un destello que nos ilumina justo en el momento menos esperado. Seguro que Usted en alguna oportunidad cuando se ducha, mientras nada, conduce o cuando se está en lugares en que la mente tiene la oportunidad de vagar y usar este tiempo en concentrarse sobre un objeto o un ideal

        Un ruidoso medio de transporte, tal vez lleno de pasajeros que se apiñan – Metro- no parece ser el mejor lugar para…

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What Indian Government needs to do about Intelligence Failures?

The failing of Government of India is NOT collecting  information using OSINT or HUMINT or NATGRID. What Indian Government lacks is the ability to generate Intelligence. Government of India  can use…

In most companies in India, competitive intelligence is not primarily done by CI professionals. Many functions are interested in competitive intelligence. Sales, marketing, strategy, product development, are the common ones. But finance, HR , procurement and others also need it. They all generally gather competitive information as part of their regular functional roles .

The users of the intelligence (and analysis) are heads of these functions, business heads, and of…

Topple rate is a measure that a McKinsey consultant devised in 2007. It measures the rate at which companies lose their leadership position or switch ranks. The ranking in this context is done on the basis of return on assets (ROA). For example, if the topple rate is 40%, it means that if you an industry leader, there is a 40% chance that you will lose your position to another firm in a given year. The topple rate is also a measure of the ability of a company to sustain its competitive…

Most companies undertake annual strategy planning exercises (STRAP) to lay down the plan for the coming year. They undertake market/business research and competitive intelligence to support their planning.

Some of this research is backward looking – How much did the market grow last year? What did my competitors do? Some research is forward looking – How much is the market likely to grow next year? What plans have my competitors announced? and so on. Excel spreadsheets then used for…

OSINT - Directory site updates Research Center Viktor Voksanaeva for July-August 2012



Dear Colleagues,

I suggest read the informational materials that are posted 17 July 2012 on the site of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva. I hope that the material will be useful to all analysts.

Sincerely, B. Voksanaev



Under the heading: Analytical materials on OSINT…

Any businessman will tell you that knowing how your competitors sell their wares and at what prices is simply good business practice. But how do you get this information?

Is it Ok to do mystery shopping? As in all other aspects of business, while (most times) there is clarity on what  is legal and what is not, there is a lot of ambiguity on what is ethical and what is not.

My friend owns a clothes boutique. Is it unethical for her to browse around in other boutiques to…

Competitive Intelligence (CI) plays a critical role in formulating an organisation’s business strategy. It can make the difference between winning and losing. However, CI can only live up to this expectation, if it addresses the right questions. Right answers to wrong questions, will be wrong for the organization. What questions should the organization ask in order to win? The answer to this requires clear logical thinking on the part of both, the decision-makers who will use the…

I am baffled by the title of a recent press release from Assocham – “Corporate espionage via social media rampant in India Inc.: Survey”. It is misleading.

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All businesses every where undertake some kind of CI; they cannot survive without it. Even  mom and pop stores do – although very informally. In India, it is mainly the large companies and multinationals that have formal competitive intelligence activities.

How do they decide how much formal CI they should do? Here are some observations..

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"La méthode du centroïde du réseau techno-scientifique et le

paramètre de la centralité des noeuds: application en veille

stratégique scientifique",Jose PINO-DIAZ, Laila

CHIADMI-GARCIA, Rosario RUIZ-BANOS et Rafael

BAILON-MORENO, Departamento de Griego, Estudios

Árabes, Lingüística y Documentación, Facultad de Filosofía y

Letras, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071

Málaga (Espagne), Departamento de Biblioteconomía,

Facultad de Comunicación y…

Dear Colleagues,

I suggest read the informational materials that are posted 28 May 2012 on the site  of the Research Center Viktor Voksanaeva. I hope that the material will be useful to all analysts.

Sincerely, B. Voksanaev



Under the heading: Analytical materials on OSINT (English):

Bulletin of the Military Intelligence of the United States (Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin 34-11-4, 4th…