The purpose of this article is to provide an overview, from literature, about how competitive
intelligence can be an enabler towards a firm's competitiveness. This overview is done …

Purpose–Little empirical research has been conducted on competitive intelligence (CI). This
paper aims to contribute to the quantitative strand of the CI literature by exploring and …

The economic success of a country depends on its capacity to apply activities which create a
competitive advantage. The business environment is highly complex in South Africa and the …

Without a proper and appropriate intelligence process and structure, it is difficult to develop
intelligence in an enterprise. Companies' efforts to weigh the determining factors of strategic …

Purpose–For competitive intelligence (CI) to evolve into a successful business discipline in a
company, a culture of competitiveness should prevail. The extent to which CI is practiced in …

Purpose–The objective of the study was to compare competitive intelligence (CI) practices of
exporters in South Africa and Belgium. Design/methodology/approach–An e‐mail and postal …

Using competitive intelligence (CI) can help developing countries to increase their
competitiveness. This paper compares the CI activities between two retail banks in Brazil …

The paper aims to explain the process that is commonly used to create and maintain a
competitive intelligence system in organizations and to provide the most common benefits of …

Purpose–While competitive intelligence (CI) is a relatively new business discipline, it is
evolving in complexity and importance, to maintain pace with rapid business development. It …

This study investigates the current status of competitive intelligence (CI) practices in
Malaysia, and how managers acquire and use CI from various sources. Data are collected …