Few attempts have been made to establish conceptual links between collaboration, collaborative technology, information access and competitive intelligence. The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework and a number of starting premises for studying collaboration and the role of collaborative technology in the context of competitive intelligence. Résumé: Peu de tentatives ont été faites po...

This article discusses the importance of firm-level cultural intelligence in the context of international business ventures such as offshoring. We identify the recent movement toward global delivery models in offshoring ventures as the strategic imperative for offshoring partners to acquire and develop firm-level cultural intelligence. Drawing on Earley and Ang’s (2003) conceptualization of cul...

Now a day’s Business Intelligence systems have become increasingly important in competitive environment. According to recent studies, the organizations that use Business intelligence systems manage their data as storage resources. Hence the process of developing a Business Intelligence system has become very important task of any organization. Most of the organizations use the Linear sequential...

With the growing popularity of competitive intelligence, few ®rms consider the opposite side of data collection Ð defensive intelligence (DI). This viewpoint article addresses the reasons for information compromise and lack of control measures in organizations. Speci®c sources of vulnerability to counter intelligence are outlined and ways to secure operations are presented. Finally strategies f...

This paper proposes a specific model of business intelligence in relation with SMEs practices, culture and competitive environment. This model is based on the mobilization of corporate tacit knowledge and informal information, aiming at interpreting anticipatory environmental information and assist strategic decision making. An empirical survey assessing the existing business intelligence pract...

This study investigated relationships between self-report measures of emotional intelligence and memories of pre-competitive emotions before optimal and dysfunctional athletic performance. Participant-athletes (n = 284) completed a self-report measure of emotional intelligence and two measures of pre-competitive emotions; a) emotions experienced before an optimal performance, and b) emotions ex...