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- I own my own firm, MarketingBase, specializing in industry, company and competitive and market intelligence research. I teach distance education courses in Competitive Intelligence Research and Information Entrepreneurship at San Jose State University School of Library & Information Science. I also teach information entrepreneurship for the University of Tennessee School of Information Science and the Simmons GSLIS CE program with the following workshops fully online: How to Conduct Effective Company Research, Advanced Google and Beyond, Secret Formula for Quality Business Research
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/continuinged/workshops/online.shtml#on...
I'm the author of The Super Searchers on Wall Street and contribute to Searcher Magazine and other information industry publications. I developed a one-on-one email-based training, The Mentor Program, for business researchers in corporations and independent research professionals who are starting or wishing to expand their research businesses.
My goal is to team up with other CI specialists who require training or assistance in the development of strategic information.
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Thanks Arik, very much appreciated indeed. I'll take a listen
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Inteligencia competitiva para los hablamos español o portugués.
Inteligência competitiva para os que falamos português ou espanhol
Walter,
I can answer this one. Ok, first "big data" players usually means HP, Oracle, SAP, IBM. These firms are extraordinarily good at handling structured data (ie numbers) in relational databases, but they don't deal well with unstructured data,…
Oh, they are doing CI, lots of it, but they call it other things, like Data mining e.g. They solve many of the same problems but from an engineering perspective
Klaus
I've been turning this one over and can't find a satisfactory explanation.
Why don't we see more 'big data' players doing CI consulting. It seems to me that companies like Google, with absurdly comprehensive environmental data, doing more to move…
Hey Eric,
Very nice, I really like your critical dissection of the author's convoluted and ultimately flawed, thought process which you laid out very articulately. Precisely right, what exactly is the difference here? The issue of direct vs indirec…
Strategic Gaming and the Influence of Cultures at The George Inn Pub
September 16, 2010 from 6pm to 9pm
A Case Study focused on “Smart Grid” Development in China
‘The Battle for China’s Smart Grid’ was a public strategy game run on both sides of the Atlantic by Fuld & Company. It was fascinating to observe European and US perspectives on the Chinese…
ICI-1 - Competitive Intelligence Basics Workshop at Best Western Brandywine Valley Inn
September 9, 2010 at 9am to September 10, 2010 at 6pm
Achieving competitive advantage through systematic competitor and market analysis
In times of increasing competition and complex, fast-moving competitive environments, it is important to be one step ahead of the competition. Businesses have to anti…
Bill, I'm having trouble imagining you being pilloried for posting jobs during a global recession. I hope we have lots of trouble of this sort coming!
So, to take this author's point:
Gathering, analyzing and disseminating information sponsored by a major media source financed directly by a combination of pharma, oil, and automotive companies: ethically honorable.
Gathering, analyzing and dissem…
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Best regards,
Eric
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Cheers,
- Arik