http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog Tips, Tricks & Resources for a Competitive World Fri, 25 May 2007 19:53:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The value chain is a business management concept that was first explained and made popular by Michael Porter. The value chain classifies the generic value-adding activities of an organization. The "primary activities" include: inbound logistics, operations (production), outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and services (maintenance). The "support activities" include: administrative infrastructure ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/business-intelligence/strategic-intelligence-value-chain-management.html Strategic Insights is a global enterprise intelligence consulting firm that helps companies use intelligence to protect their business against financial loss, maintain a competitive advantage,establish best practices and identify strategic opportunities. Recent highprofile cases involving questionable factfinding techniques performed in the name of competitive intelligence have made board members and executives ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/in-the-news/strategic-insights-launches-the-next-generation-of-competitive-intelligence.html Information is power. True enough. But synthesizing information into critical competitive insights that drive corporate strategy is the real art of the competitive intelligence function. Indeed, highly effective CI leaders at top pharmas can attest to the profound return on the bottom line that their departments have been able to ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/in-the-news/benchmarking-study-achieving-competitive-intelligence-power.html Mr. David J. Kalinowski, President and COO of Proactive Worldwide, Inc., has won a seat on the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) board of directors for a three-year term starting in 2007. A member of SCIP since 1990, Mr. Kalinowski received the Catalyst Award from SCIP in 2005 for service ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/in-the-news/scip-board-of-directors-proactive-worldwide-president-elected.html The addition of German Chemicals Industry: Sector Report to their offering has been announced by Research and Markets This industry profile is an assimilation of insider knowledge, market characteristics and economic indicators. It analyzes the critical success factors in the industry – how the industry has evolved and how competitive dynamics ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/market-research/industry-profile-on-evolving-german-chemicals-industry.html Primary Impact Authors Overview of China Plastics Industry and Makes Available Subscription Studies on China's Masterbatch, Compounding, Injection Molding, and Extrusion Markets. 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Neurodegenerative Diseases Therapeutics & Diagnostics Competitive Intelligence is a weekly publication reporting industry and academy news in a digital format. ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/in-the-news/drug-and-diagnostic-development-in-neurodegenerative-diseases-weekly-monitored.html In an article with the title "Managing your competitive intelligence function" you can find an excerpt from the book "Competitive Intelligence: A Guide for Your Journey to Best-practice Processes" by by Paige Leavitt, John Prescott, Darcy Lemons, Farida Hasanali. In order to give you an idea of it, you can read ... http://competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/blog/learning/a-guide-for-your-journey-to-best-practice-processes.html BioInformatics, LLC, is a market research and consulting firm serving the life science industry. BioInformatics has released a new catalog featuring 21 market research reports. 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