Competitive Intelligence

From CNM Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search

Competitive Intelligence (CI) is a systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competition's activities and general business trends to further a business's own goals (SCIP website, scip.org).

Definition

According to the Strategic Management by David and David (15th edition),

Competitive Intelligence (CI). A systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competition's activities and general business trends to further a business's own goals (SCIP website, scip.org).