Suggested Search Terms
Suggested Search Terms
- Business forecasting
- Business intelligence
- Business planning
- Competition
- Competition - Evaluation
- Confidential business information
- Corporations - Security measures
- Industry -- Security measures
- Risk
- Strategic management
- Strategic planning
- Trade secrets
Recommended Books
Business and Competitive AnalysisCall Number: HD 38.7 .F57 2007Available at Downcity Library.
Business Intelligence for DummiesCall Number: HD 38.7 .S347 2008Available at Downcity Library.
Successful Business IntelligenceCall Number: HD 38.7 .H696 2008Available at Downcity Library.
Business Intelligence by ISBN: 9780123858900Publication Date: 2012-11-27Business Intelligence: The Savvy Managers Guide, Second Edition, discusses the objectives and practices for designing and deploying a business intelligence (BI) program. E-Book.
Articles
The resources below will assist you in researching competitive intelligence and related subjects. You can obtain full-text research articles, which are constantly updated.
- Business Source Complete (EBSCO)Company profiles, SWOT analyses (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) where available, industry profiles, stocks & investment info., management-related articles, Harvard Business Review case studies and streaming videos from the Harvard Business School Faculty Seminar Series.
- Emerald Management 120Management-related articles in various fields including Accounting, Education, Food Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Library Services & Information Management, Marketing, Nutrition, and Professional Development. CHECK-OFF "Only content I have access to" for full-text articles and book chapters.
- General Business File ASAP (Gale)Selective, full-text business and management-related articles. This is a subset of the larger database Business & Company Resource Center.
Competitive Intelligence Videos
- View over 30 videos dealing with competitive intelligence issues by browsing "Business Management: Strategy & Implementation" (Located under Business & Economics: Management)
- Films on Demand Complete (Infobase)Over 15,000 streaming videos 24/7. Many areas of interest including business & economics, careers & job searching, computers & technology, criminal justice, culinary arts & nutrition, digital media, education, engineering, English, fashion/textiles & merchandising, food prep & safety, food science & service, guidance & counseling, health, science & social sciences. Watch Archival Films & Newsreels for important events and interviews with influential people in American culture & history.
Other Useful Resources
The sites below - from academic institutions and professional associations - link to online and print CI resources including employment, industry research, tutorials and more.
- Business/Competitive Intelligence ResourcesMaintained by Central Michigan University Libraries. This guide highlights print, online and Web resources for competitive intelligence. Particularly useful for monitoring consumer trends.
- CI Resource IndexDirectory of links to CI-related resources: associations, books, companies, articles, tutorials publications, software and more (over 2,000 links total). Excellent resource for information/opportunies for the CI industry.
- Competitive IntelligenceMaintained by UCLA's Rosenfeld Library. Examines competitive intelligence from three perspectives: industry, competitors, socio-policital environment. Does a thorough job analyzing multiple factors which impact competitive intelligence.
- Competitive Intelligence: A Selective Resource GuidePosted on the Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRC). Directory of links to over 160 sites concerned with topic-specific and general resources for competitive intelligence. Contains useful annotations. Outstanding.
- Proprietary Information & Competitive IntelligenceMaintained by the Engineering Library, Univertisy of Texas at Austin. This tutorial provides excellent commentary on methods/procedures for locating appropriate CI information. Brief but exceptionally well-written, this guide does a great job in simplifying the research process.
