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Competitive Intelligence: A Guide for Your Journey to Best-practice Processes
by
 
Farida Hasanali, Paige Leavitt
 
et al.
 
ISBN:1928593968
APQC
 
©
 
2004 (81 pages)
Based on APQC's seven years of benchmarking research on competitive intelligence, this straightforward guidebookalso details best practices in coordinating actionable intelligence.
Table of Contents
Competitive Intelligence
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A Guide for Your Journey to Best-
 
practice ProcessesPrefaceForewordLandmark One-What is Competitive Intelligence?Landmark Two-Developing a Competitive Intelligence ProgramLandmark Three-Managing the Competitive Intelligence FunctionLandmark Four-Coordinating Actionable IntelligenceLandmark Five-Attending to the Competitive Intelligence AudienceAbout APQCList of Figures 
 
 
Back Cover
As one of the titles in APQC
’ 
s Passport to Success series, this book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of whatit takes to have a successful competitive intelligence functional unit. Based on years of research of leading-edge organizations
—
and supported by examples of best practices and tips from actual practitioners
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this book will guide readers in their owncompetitive intelligence efforts.
About the Authors
A project manager,
Farida Hasanali
has led and been involved in numerous consortium benchmarking studies. Hasanali, whoseexpertise includes information technology and competitive intelligence, led the design and development of APQC
’ 
s KnowledgeSharing Network. She was also an author of APQC
’ 
s Best-practice Report
Developing a Successful CI Program.
She is coauthor of 
Content Management: A Guide for Your Journey to Knowledge Management Best Practices.
An editor and writer,
Paige Leavitt
has helped to produce a number of APQC publications, including Best-practice Reports andthe Passport to Success series. She is coauthor of 
Capturing Critical Knowledge from a Shifting Work Force
and
Content Management: A Guide for Your Journey to knowledge Management Best Practices,
as well as author of 
Solving Problems inSchools: A Guide for Educators.
 
 
Competitive Intelligence
—
A Guide for Your Journey to Best-
practice Processes
 
Farida HasanaliPaige LeavittDarcy Lemons
John E. PrescottAPQC
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©
2004 the American Productivity & Quality Center All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction, electronic or otherwise, in whole or in part in any form.
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Acknowledgments
 The American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) would like to thank all of the organizations we have worked with touncover the trends and best practices in the realm of competitive intelligence. Without the companies that sponsor our 
research
—
and especially those that are willing to impart their knowledge, experiences, and insights
—
we would not be able toshare this valuable knowledge with the public.
We extend a special thank
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you to those organizations that sponsored our six consortium benchmarking reports focused oncompetitive intelligence.1.
User 
-
driven Competitive Intelligence: Crafting the Value Proposition
(2003)
2.
Using Science and Technology Intelligence to Drive Business Results
(2001)
3.
Developing a Successful Competitive Intelligence Program
(2000)
4.
Strategic and Tactical Competitive Intelligence for Sales and Marketing 
(1999)
5.
Managing Competitive Intelligence Knowledge in a Global Economy 
(1998)
6.
Competitive and Business Intelligence: Leveraging Information for Action
(1997)
A number of these studies were conducted in partnership with the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. TheInstitute for the Study of Business Markets also partnered with APQC in its competitive intelligence benchmarking efforts.John Prescott was a subject matter expert for all six studies; Jan Herring and Cynthia E. Miree also contributed at subjectmatter experts to individual studies.APQC would also like to thank those that participated as best
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practice organizations and allowed our study units to examineand learn from their competitive intelligence practices. A significant amount of information in this book was gained duringthose benchmarking studies.
About the Authors
 
Farida Hasanali
 
A project manager, Farida Hasanali has served in several roles at APQC. She has led and been involved in numerous
consortium studies. Hasanali, whose expertise includes information technology and competitive intelligence, led the design
and development of APQC's Knowledge Sharing Network. Hasanali coauthored APQC's Best
-
practice Report
Developing a
Successful CI Program
and
Content Management: A Guide for Your Journey to Knowledge Management Best Practices
.
Paige Leavitt
 
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