Competitive Intelligence Advantage


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A practical introduction to the necessity of competitive intelligence for smarter business decisions-from a leading CI expert and speaker In Competitive Intelligence Advantage, Seena Sharp, founder of one of the first Competitive Intelligence firms in the US, provides her expert analysis on the issues and benefits of CI for today's businesses. CI is critical for making smarter business decisions and reducing risks when formulating strategies, leading to more profits and fewer mistakes. This is a practical guide that explains what CI is, why data is not intelligence, why competitor intelligence is a weak sibling to competitive intelligence, when to use it, how to find the most useful information and turn it into actual intelligence, and how to present findings in the most convincing manner. Importantly, Sharp argues that businesses would benefit from shifting their perspective on CI from viewing it as a cost to viewing it as an investment that saves money and provides immediate value. Author Seena Sharp is a noted CI expert who established Sharp Market Intelligence in 1979 Addresses all the most common myths and misconceptions about CI Includes more than sixty examples of when to use CI Completely explains the ins and outs of CI, and why your company will act faster and more aggressively with CI Competitive intelligence is a management tool that is misunderstood and underestimated, yet results in numerous benefits. If you are a senior level executive or operate a business-and you aren't tapping the power of CI to improve your decision making-you are missing a potent advantage.







Competitive Intelligence Best Practices A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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Are you missing competitive intelligence best practices opportunities? Are indirect costs charged to the competitive intelligence best practices program? How do you improve competitive intelligence best practices service perception, and satisfaction? Are the competitive intelligence best practices requirements testable? Is the cost worth the competitive intelligence best practices effort ? This premium Competitive Intelligence Best Practices self-assessment will make you the assured Competitive Intelligence Best Practices domain master by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Competitive Intelligence Best Practices challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Competitive Intelligence Best Practices work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Competitive Intelligence Best Practices task and that every Competitive Intelligence Best Practices outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Competitive Intelligence Best Practices costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Competitive Intelligence Best Practices advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Competitive Intelligence Best Practices essentials are covered, from every angle: the Competitive Intelligence Best Practices self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Competitive Intelligence Best Practices outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Competitive Intelligence Best Practices practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Competitive Intelligence Best Practices are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Competitive Intelligence Best Practices self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Competitive Intelligence Best Practices Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.







Competitive Intelligence Analyst A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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Does your organization maintain a formal competitive intelligence program? How does new regulation impact your business? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the competitor? Are you a private law organization or a corporation? And how can you change your current strategy to improve your competitive position? This exclusive Competitive Intelligence Analyst self-assessment will make you the assured Competitive Intelligence Analyst domain assessor by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Competitive Intelligence Analyst challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Competitive Intelligence Analyst work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Competitive Intelligence Analyst task and that every Competitive Intelligence Analyst outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Competitive Intelligence Analyst costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Competitive Intelligence Analyst advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Competitive Intelligence Analyst essentials are covered, from every angle: the Competitive Intelligence Analyst self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Competitive Intelligence Analyst outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Competitive Intelligence Analyst practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Competitive Intelligence Analyst are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Competitive Intelligence Analyst self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Competitive Intelligence Analyst Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Competitive Intelligence A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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What kind of information would you need to feel comfortable doing this activity with your employees? What do your clients view that role to be? Where is the line going to be drawn on how the data is applied? What options do you have for exporting data from your system into your organizations system? How will you use the information? This breakthrough Competitive Intelligence self-assessment will make you the trusted Competitive Intelligence domain specialist by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Competitive Intelligence challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Competitive Intelligence work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Competitive Intelligence task and that every Competitive Intelligence outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Competitive Intelligence costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Competitive Intelligence advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Competitive Intelligence essentials are covered, from every angle: the Competitive Intelligence self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Competitive Intelligence outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Competitive Intelligence practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Competitive Intelligence are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Competitive Intelligence self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Competitive Intelligence Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Competitive Intelligence Strategy A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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How do you improve competitive intelligence strategy service perception, and satisfaction? What are the expected benefits of competitive intelligence strategy to the stakeholder? What other organizational variables, such as reward systems or communication systems, affect the performance of this competitive intelligence strategy process? How can you negotiate competitive intelligence strategy successfully with a stubborn boss, an irate client, or a deceitful coworker? Can you adapt and adjust to changing competitive intelligence strategy situations? This easy Competitive Intelligence Strategy self-assessment will make you the dependable Competitive Intelligence Strategy domain authority by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Competitive Intelligence Strategy challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Competitive Intelligence Strategy work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Competitive Intelligence Strategy task and that every Competitive Intelligence Strategy outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Competitive Intelligence Strategy costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Competitive Intelligence Strategy advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Competitive Intelligence Strategy essentials are covered, from every angle: the Competitive Intelligence Strategy self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Competitive Intelligence Strategy outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Competitive Intelligence Strategy practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Competitive Intelligence Strategy are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Competitive Intelligence Strategy self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Competitive Intelligence Strategy Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Proven Strategies in Competitive Intelligence


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Tested-in-the-trenches competitive intelligence techniques used at today's top companies This book brings together the best thinking and practices in competitive intelligence (CI) currently being used at many of today's most successful companies. Featuring contributions from leading industry executives, it covers CI strategies across a wide range of business functions, including marketing and sales, market research and forecasting, product development, and teams. The only book on the subject offering a comprehensive view of CI, from the CEO down to the tactical CI team Numerous case studies vividly illustrating cutting-edge CI techniques in action