The Role of Information and Communication Technology in Competitive Intelligence

نویسنده

  • Dirk Vriens
چکیده

This chapter discusses the role of ICT for competitive intelligence activities. To this end, it starts with an introduction to competitive intelligence. Next, it discusses possible uses of ICT for intelligence activities. In this discussion attention is paid to the use of the Internet, to general purpose ICT tools, to ICT tools tailored to one or more of the intelligence stages, and to business intelligence tools (data warehouses and tools to retrieve and present data in them). Finally, the chapter describes how organizations may select ICT applications to support their intelligence activities.

برای دانلود رایگان متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

The Impact of the Adoption Business Intelligence among Iranian Banks

Business intelligent (BI) technologies have been adopted by different types of organizations. The banking sector is among the service industry that has been largely influenced by technology currently. This has been manifested in the way the operations of banking have evolved from the pure exchange of cheques, cash, as well as other negotiable platforms to the application of IT (information Tech...

متن کامل

The Effect of Knowledge Management Capabilities and Information Technology on Innovative Performance with Mediating Role of Entrepreneurship, Learning and Competitive Advantage

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge management capabilities and information technology capabilities on innovative performance with the mediating role of organizational entrepreneurship, organizational learning and competitive advantage. The research method is descriptive-survey. The statistical population consists of all employees of Shimifar Iran Company, and 137 peo...

متن کامل

Creating a Competitive Advantage in Sports Businesses: The Role of Input Sources, Market Position and Creativity

The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of input sources, market position and creativity in creating a competitive advantage for sports businesses. This research was a descriptive-survey and in terms of practical purpose. The statistical population of this study consisted of managers of water sports recreational complexes in Tehran. To collect the data needed to test the hypothese...

متن کامل

Investigating the relationship between purposeful organizational forgetting and organizational agility with respect to the moderating role of competitive intelligence

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between purposeful organizational forgetting and organizational agility, with respect to the moderating role of competitive intelligence. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and is a survey in terms of its nature. The statistical population of the research is employees of banks in Kashmar. The data collection method wa...

متن کامل

Investigating the relationship between purposeful organizational forgetting and organizational agility with respect to the moderating role of competitive intelligence

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between purposeful organizational forgetting and organizational agility, with respect to the moderating role of competitive intelligence. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and is a survey in terms of its nature. The statistical population of the research is employees of banks in Kashmar. The data collection method wa...

متن کامل

Role of ICT in Sustainable Urban Development by Using Model SWOT

Information and communication technologies are the most recent scientific achievements of mankind's ability seems to have much to offer society and are expected to be useful in solving the problems of human society. Many around the world believe that accelerates the process of adjustment in the exchange of knowledge and information through information and communication technologies a vital role...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

عنوان ژورنال:

دوره   شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003