Its philosophy is to eliminate all risks not associated with big payoffs. Its culture is saturated with competitive intelligence activities, from the top down. Systematic intelligence activities allow the identification of competitive change before others grasp it. Competitive Intelligence is not about huge projects and enormous budgets. It's about management attitude, management focus and management's intensive use of the right information.
Few companies do it well.
The University of Lund has been an early pioneer of academic research in this field. Dr. Gilad lists the majority of Fortune 100 as his clients. Business Week, Fortune Magazine and The American Management Association have all chosen Dr. Gilad to lead executive seminars on the subject of corporate intelligence. The Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals honored him with its highest award. The Academy of Competitive Intelligence, based in NJ, USA is the leading training institute in the field of competitive intelligence.