Information and Communications Technology for Competitive Intelligence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781591401421)

In today's complex and dynamic world the need to be informed about what is going on in the environment of the organization is increasing rapidly. To this end, organizations implement a process called 'competitive intelligence'. Competitive intelligence (CI) is about gathering and analyzing environmental information for strategic purposes. To gather and analyze this information, information and communication technology (ICT) is an invaluable tool. Examples are: the Internet, data warehouses or specific applications for competitive intelligence. However, the uncritical implementation of these tools may lead to an 'information overload' or to 'environmental myopia'. To select the right ICT tools for CI, an organization needs to understand the role of ICT in the CI-process. Information and Communications Technology for Competitive Intelligence addresses this need. It sets out to assess the role and possibilities of ICT in the intelligence activities from different perspectives.

Author: Dirk Vriens
ISBN-10: 1591401429
ISBN-13: 9781591401421
Publisher: Idea Group Publishing
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2003
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 10.48h x 6.92w x 0.91d