Competitive Intelligence

Tactical, Operational & Strategic Analysis of Markets, Competitors & Industries

All Blog Posts (275)

Hostile Takeovers - Using OODA Loop in Competitive Intelligence

When a Corporate Raider attempts a hostile takeover of an organisation, we need to understand the interplay in the Quicksilver environment:



The Players:



1. White Knight

2. Black Knight

3. Gray Knight

4. Yellow Knight



Further when a Corporate Raider attempts Greenmailing or hostile takeover threat still persists, do we have options such as:



1. Moat

2. Golden Parachute

3. People Pill

4. Poison Pill

5. Lobster Trap

6. Killer…

Continue

Added by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 14, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Key Intelligence Topics

I. Assessment of Strategies



A. Focused Differentiation

B. Best Cost

C. Differentiation

D. Low Cost

E. Focused Low Cost

F. Market Skimming

G. Market Penetration

H. Related Diversification

I. Unrelated Diversification

J. Backward Integration

K. Forward Integration

L. Horizontal Integration





II. Consumer Perceptions



A. Negative Moment of Truth

B. Positive Moment of Truth

C. Usage

D. Attitude

E.…

Continue

Added by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 14, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Mergers & Acquisitions

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 stage:



Here compatibility issues need to be addressed under :



A.Courtship phase

B. Evaluation and Negotiation phase



While we are looking at compatibility issues at during Courtship phase, have we looked at compatibility between…

Continue

Added by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 12, 2009 at 7:00pm — 5 Comments

Corporate Risks

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 diseases of the Developed world

5. Middle East instability

6. Heatwaves and droughts

7. Natural catastrophy : cyclone, earthquake, extreme inland flooding

8. Interstate and civil wars

9. Fiscal crisis in advanced economies

10. Food…

Continue

Added by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 11, 2009 at 6:30am — 3 Comments

AEROSPACE - 10 Billion Dollar Budget - Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft - Indian Air Force

Courtsey - Hudson Hawk



http://www.corporaterisks.info/

insight@corporaterisks.info



I will like to thank Hudson Hawk for permitting me to use the following Alert.



The Americans, Swedes, Russians and the French are at daggers drawn to retain Indian Air Force as their client.



Lockheed Martin F-16 IN Super Viper - Costs USD 50 Million



Boeing F/A - 18 Super Hornet - Costs USD 57… Continue

Added by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 7, 2009 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

AEM now offering a variety of industry intelligence on the AEM store

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has for many years conducted surveys of its membership on a variety of topics, including employment, parts practices, and general industry conditions. These survey results are now available for purchase at the AEM store.

Added by Steve Duncan on November 2, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Winning: The How and Why of Business War Games (invitation to free webinar)

This post is an invitation for you to attend a free webinar presented by Mark Chussil (that's me) of Advanced Competitive Strategies on behalf of the LinkedIn group “Corporate Planning & Global Industry Segmentation.”



The webinar will be on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at 1:30 pm east-coast time, 10:30 am west-coast time. It will be one hour in duration. You can access video through a web link that you will receive 30 minutes before the webinar begins. (See “How to sign up,”… Continue

Added by Mark Chussil on November 1, 2009 at 2:49pm — No Comments

MITIGATING RISKS OF GLOBALISATION

Dedicated to the band of brothers at International Technical Advisory Corps and friends at Corporate Risks



http://www.corporaterisks.info/



Addressing Macro Issues of Risks such as :



1. Middle East instability

2. Interstate & Civil Wars

3. Failed and failing states

4. International Terrorism

5. Collapse of NPT



Understanding Cross-Cultural Differences - Mitigating Risks of… Continue

Added by Vivek Raghuvanshi on November 1, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

INCNEWS® & INCNEWS.access® by INC IC

incnews-inc-ic.blogspot.com

Added by Carlos de Azevedo on October 16, 2009 at 11:06am — No Comments

European CI Summit - Amsterdam - November

I'm looking forward to my first European CI Summit in Amsterdam in November. Interested to know who plans on being there. Also any hotel recommendations since I missed the deadline for the special SCIP rate for the conference hotel?
Angelo

Added by Angelo Pratt on September 22, 2009 at 12:04am — 5 Comments

Intelligence Collaborative - Compilation of initial ideas

There's been a lot of great discussion on the Intelligence Collaborative idea. I've organized and documented it in the file below - edits/other ideas/better proposals on how to collaborate welcome!


Intelligence Collaborative v1 2009-09-17.pptx

Added by V. Shuman on September 18, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

Competitive Intelligence: Check Your Sparkplugs (or 10 signs of impending failure)

I was eighteen years old, fiercely independent and ready to go to college. We were living in Wyoming at the time and the college was in Florida. The long road trip ahead of me was the first one that I had ever undertaken by myself. I would have to make all the preparations beforehand, all of the decisions along the way and, of course, I was responsible for how I performed in school.



But first my trusty VW Bug had to get me… Continue

Added by Tom Hawes on June 30, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Competitive Intelligence from a Capture Manager's viewpoint

After leading a major capture for 4 years I think I picked up a few pointers on the value of Competitive Intelligence and Competitive Analysis. Obviously, the links between developing win themes, ghosting strategies and a PTW approach are the major areas, but later when working a major proposal, I found that having good CI/CA on hand is extremely important. There is a NORAD/NORTHCOM saying "The time to exchange business cards is not at the start of a crisis". Well I would say the time to look… Continue

Added by Richard on June 25, 2009 at 7:24pm — No Comments

How to benchmark competitive and market intelligence software :Comprehensive guidelines (Free download)

Market intelligence solution: benchmarking the best intelligence software solution for your company



http://bit.ly/J09p6



Why?



The Internet contains many valuable bits of intelligence offering a substantial competitive advantage for companies able to track them efficiently. For that reason, a plethora of vendors today offers intelligence solutions and it became cumbersome for companies to find the one that will better fit… Continue

Added by Christophe ASSELIN on June 12, 2009 at 8:46am — No Comments

CI news section now contains over 1,000 entries

On June 2, I entered in the 1000th entry of the “News” column on the main page of the SCIP.org website. This milestone presents an opportunity to review the purpose of this section – it brings discussions and comments covering all aspects of CI to the attention of as many individuals as possible. Also note that this section is open to everyone.



As the publishing world is diminishing, and people receive their news and information from internet sources, most of the entries for this… Continue

Added by Bonnie Hohhof on June 9, 2009 at 11:13am — No Comments

Competitive Intelligence, Government Acquisitions, and a Hallucinogenic Future

With the bankruptcy of General Motors, our economy has finally hopped over the plane’s wing into the Twilight Zone. Not that this event was surprising to anybody with a cursory interest in money or cars - GM bet its future on the world’s endless thirst for bloated Hummers and Yukons and left quality and disruptive innovation to Asian rivals, all while locked into being America’s largest private provider of healthcare and pensions. You can get six Jack Welches, ten Peter Druckers and those guys… Continue

Added by Eric Garland on June 5, 2009 at 10:05am — 4 Comments

Online election of the best Italian woman scientist in America will start on June 5th!

Bridges to Italy and ITWIIN Launch Annual Awards Program; Grand Prize Includes Trip to Italy and Honors at 2009 ITWIIN Conference.

Italian female scientists working in North America (US, Canada and Mexico) with at least one US patent, entered the inaugural The Premio Award, Honoring Italian Women Scientists in America competition, which is sponsored by Bridges to Italy and the… Continue

Added by bianca dellepiane on May 27, 2009 at 4:37pm — No Comments

corporate phone directories

we have them for most of the Fortune 500. for those of you with no money we are also amenable to trading.
look for our ad in SCIP newsletter.

Added by stan grubman on May 14, 2009 at 9:47am — No Comments

SCIP09 Active Dialog Session: Low-Cost Intelligence Collection

#scip09 Active Dialog results posted - Low-Cost Intelligence Collection websites. Helpful Internet research sources. http://bit.ly/loxKg

Added by Fred Wergeles on May 5, 2009 at 11:55am — No Comments

Sharepoint as CI tool - comment

Recently we've seen two articles about sharepoint as a CI tool. As well there were some discussions on this issue during recent workshop run by Aurora WDC (Intelligence 2.0 Clinic ) at annual SCIP conference in Chicago.



I do not consider myself an expert in CI software field but as I see more and more written and said on this topic maybe my small… Continue

Added by Mislav Jurisic on May 4, 2009 at 7:11am — 6 Comments

Monthly Archives

2022

2021

2020

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Free Intel Collab Webinars

You might be interested in the next few IntelCollab webinars:

RECONVERGE Network Calendar of Events

© 2024   Created by Arik Johnson.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service