Social media for CI?

The social media revolution has changed the way we interact with each other. Platforms such as Facebook, Orkut, Linkedin, blogs, forums, online communities, message boards, etc. have become mediums for everyone across the globe to exchange thoughts, ideas and opinions. The power of such a large number of people communicating and collaborating with

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Competitive intelligence and street lighting

Everyone would like the streets to be lit, but individually, each person would like to avoid paying for streetlights. If my neighbours on both sides put streetlights outside their homes, I don’t really need to put one outside mine. The street is adequately lit. Of course, each resident will use this logic. So, left solely

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Documentation and growth – the trickle up way

As a competitive intelligence professional in an emerging economy, documentation is my pet peeve. Business and economic growth in developing economies will be higher with greater transparency and information, all other things remaining unchanged.

The argument is simple. Under-documentation is a big impediment to decision making. It makes informed decision making very expensive. This means that

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Wooing the SMEs

The financial sector is actively wooing the SMEs in India. SMEs constitute the bottom of pyramid that is large, has a high potential, but has been neglected for a long time.

According to the latest annual report of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs account for almost 90% of industrial units in India.

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Looking within

There is deep wisdom within our very flesh, if we can only come to our senses and feel it.  ~Elizabeth A. Behnke

No. I am not about to launch into a philosophical discussion. I am actually still on the topic of competitive intelligence.

When we think of sources of intelligence, we often look outward for inputs from

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