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Article: REVIEW: COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

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Review: Competitive Intelligence

WASHINGTON, Jan 15, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) - - What is competitive intelligence?

Competitive intelligence experts gather information by using the latest technology and clever methods such as filing Freedom of Information Act requests, satellite photo-reconnaissance, combing government databases, reverse-engineering and even hiring psychiatrists to analyze a competitor' s decision-makers.

Might one consider this spying? Those in the competitive intelligence industry argue that businesses need to know what their competitors know (and don't know). As a result, competitive intelligence is becoming the latest weapon in ...

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