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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…

Have you talked to a stranger today? Yes, I know what Little Red Riding Hood’s mother said, but if you are a competitive intelligence analyst, you are not doing a good job if you haven’t!

Competitive intelligence is all about gaining competitive advantage (for your organization). For doing this, you have to be doing something different from what your competitors are doing.…

Hi everybody

If you are interested in French CI methods, don't hesitate to look at this lecture. I explained how I conduct my job with a real white case study.

You can see the video here:

http://podcast.univ-reims.fr/videos/?video=MEDIA111124154147985

or read this blog…

On the SCIP linkedin group I recently came across a survey to identify the education and career moves that can lead a person into the competitive intelligence discipline.  It was most interesting to note that many of the competitive intelligence practitioners, even in countries more “CI mature” than India, got into their role by accident!

Competitive intelligence in India is a very new discipline. There are few educational courses that lead to a career in CI.…

Please see what my friends and I at Aurora WDC are doing in terms of integrating, expanding and enhancing our range of professional services offerings all designed to accelerate the time to value, generate asymmetric market insights, and help companies gain better competitive traction in today's demanding, global marketplaces. Our most recent media release can be found at:…

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.…

Catalog Updates site of the Research Center Viktor Voksanaeva  - New in November-December 2011

Dear Colleagues,

I suggest read the informational materials that are available October 29, 2011 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…

The information explosion has played havoc with people’s schedules. One estimate puts the annual economic loss due to information overload at $900 billion (globally).

While drowning in information, they are starved of usable knowledge. If organizations miss market signals, they risk being outwitted by their competitors. However, it is impossible (and inefficient) for them to sift through every nugget of information out there.

How can people and organizations manage the enormous…

Bob Galvin was a visionary for Motorola in China.  Motorola was one of the earliest entrants to the China market when it started to open in early 1980's, and this was led by Bob.  Motorola is still reaping the fruits of his pioneering work with a very successful and profitable market in China.

Gary Lim

News arrived today that Bob Galvin, founder of the Galvin Electricity Initiative, died on Tuesday, October 11th.  Galvin had been the CEO and Chairman of Motorola for over 30 years.  The Galvin Electricity Initiative was a visionary attempt to transform our obsolete electricity system.  Those who knew him would not be surprised to find he was involved in a visionary effort.  

I didn't know Mr. Galvin.  I just saw him give the keynote speech at SCIP a few years ago, and ran across his…

IDBS-Sécurité assure the Security for all your Travel & Stays in Switzerland and Europe.

Out of vocation and training we organize the best for your security and your comfort.

Our team, trained from army and government, is selected with the highest standards of :

Anti-terrorism preparation, Personal defense, Shooting skills, Hostage protection, Driving, Piloting, Navigation, Savoir Faire, Elegance.

Maximum privacy at any level, even within the…

Wall Street Standoff

Out of the frustration in the local population between that which people think that they have a right to accept and which they estimate they realistically are capable of attaining resulting in a gap called perceived relative deprivation.



Out of this arise issues. What are issues? Issues are points in argument. These are the questions that have not been addressed.



These issues advocated by groups become demands. Now if demands…

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…

 

In an industry first, changes to company websites can now be monitored with a powerful new software service, delivering unprecedented awareness of what’s being said on the websites of clients, competitors, industry and regulatory bodies.

WebAlertPro automatically monitors websites and web pages, identifying changes made to their content and to the content of linked documents such as terms and conditions and press…

I am working these days on a new model of CI capability called analytical fitness. It is derived in part from my research on analysis techniques, some of which has been shared in several of my books (they can be found here on my CI2020 site), as well as some additional research Aurora is conducting. You can learn more about this by seeing me discuss it with noted CI expert Arik Johnson at …

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......…

Catalog Updates site of the Research Center Viktor Voksanaeva  - New in the September-October 2011



Dear Colleagues,



I suggest read the informational materials that are available August 29, 2011 on the site of the Research Center of Viktor Voksanaeva. I hope that the material will be useful to all analysts.



Sincerely, B. Voksanaev





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