All Blog Posts Tagged 'Competitive' (55)

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.

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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…

While the practice of competitive intelligence is as old as competition and private enterprise itself, it has emerged as a systematic discipline and a profession in the developed economies only in the last 30 years or so. In India its practice is relatively new, but expected to grow very rapidly.

There are several reasons that come to my mind, why competitive intelligence is gaining appeal in corporate India.…

India’s proposed National Manufacturing Policy (NMP) has ambitious objectives of creating employment for  100 million people and taking the share of manufacturing in India from the current 16% to 25% by 2022.

Competitive intelligence is critical for achieving this objective! Several successful economies such as South Korea, China, Taiwan and Brazil have used competitive intelligence for achieving their economic objectives. Hopefully the Indian implementers who will deal with the “how…

Competitive intelligence can be likened to an insurance policy for a company – it helps mitigate risks arising from developments in the external environment by providing timely warnings.

Thanks to heightened global economic uncertainties, the CI  insurance premiums have been rising sharply. Increased risks have also changed the way companies strategise.

What this means for competitive intelligence is that companies will now need to......…

Ethics

of

Competitive Intelligence

by

Ziaullah Mirza

Online Publication 2011 (Part 1)

 Basics of Competitive Intelligence

Competitive intelligence is the art of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing intelligence…

Competitive Intelligence 2.0 Organization, Innovation and Territory

Edited by Luc Quoniam, University Paris 8, France

 ISBN: 9781848213050

Publication Date: June 2011

Hardback   400 pp.

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"Strategy, as we knew it, is dead [...] increased flexibility and accelerated decision making are much more important than simply predicting the future." Walt Shill, Accenture

"...more business leaders will start to rely less on static five-year strategic plans and more on rough "adaptive" strategies that consider multiple scenarios" Martin Reeves, BCG

"...situation room will bolster the client's mobilization of strategic…

I have attempted to generate Insight using Competitive Intelligence to enter the mind of Insurgent Leaders in Iraq, Afghanistan and India, to assist law enforcement agencies in their quest for Competitive Intelligence to outflank and outmaneuver Insurgency in Iraq, Afghanistan and India, thereby making "Emerging Markets" in Middle East and Africa and Asia more conducive to "Foreign Investment" and hence "Mitigating Risks of Globalization for International…

Strategic Inflection Points - Jukeboxes

Coin-in-the-slot music machines were already well established by the time the golden age of the jukebox dawned in the 1940s. While the designers of this era such as Paul Fuller, are particularly revered, design affecionados are begining to play closer attention to the twp decades that followed. The machines of the rock 'n' roll era - with which the jukebox has become synonymous - scream teenage rebellion with their blatant use of flashy…

Strategic Inflection Points - Glassware

Glass designers have perfected the arts of pressing, layering, engraving and staining.

1. Wine glass - 1900 This elegant wine glass may have been made by the Belgian firm Val Saint Lambert. Around its surface, an interwoven pattern of tendrils forms an almost abstract pattern.

2. Wine glass and decanter - 1910 Produced in Austria or Bohemia, this wine glass and decanter feature a beautifully coloured leaf…

Strategic Inflection Points - Motorcycles



Designers continue to exploit the latest materials and technology to enhance performance and provide a safe ride.



1. Werner - 1901



2. Excelsior 20R - 1912



3. BMW R32 - 1923



4. Megola Racing Model - 1923



5. Harley - Davidson Knucklehead 61EL - 1936



6. Triumph Speed Twin - 1939



7. Indian Chief - 1947



8. Vincent Black Shadow Series C - 1949



9. Honda 50 Super Cub -…

Strategic Inflection Points - Music Systems



Today, the digital technology threatens the vinyl disc with obsolescence.



1. Graphophone - 1900



2. Pathe gramophone - 1908



3. Selecta portable - 1920s



4. Bermuda Dansette - 1950s



5. Braun Phonosuper SK55 - 1956



6. Beogram 4000 - 1972



7. Philips compact disc player - 1983



8. Denon Stacking System D-90 - 1995



9. Beosound 9000 - 1999…

Strategic Inflection Points - Toothbrushes



1. Early Toothbrushes - 1900s



Bone Handle + Natural bristles





2. Plastic toothbrushes - 1930s-40s



3. Radius - 1984



4. Modern toothbrushes - 1980s-90s



Designers now compete over the details:



A. Most eye-catching colours

B. Most comfortable grip

C. The optimum angle and reach

D. The best bristle combination





5. Fluocaril - 1989



6. Electric toothbrush -…