Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management's Affinities and Relations: Developing a Model

Invertis Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 2012

10 Pages Posted: 13 Dec 2012

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Afrooz Momeni

Iran University of Science and Technology

Mohammad Fathian

Iran University of Science and Technology

Peyman Akhavan

Iran University of Science and Technology - Department of Industrial Engineering

Date Written: December 12, 2012

Abstract

Knowledge management is the process through which corporate knowledge is used to improve organizational performance. Essentially it looks at managing internal knowledge processes, developing the efficient usage of all information required for corporate decisions. Competitive intelligence (CI) is a process for gathering usable knowledge about the external business environment. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the synergy between Competitive Intelligence, Knowledge Management. As practices; both CI and KM have the same fundamental requirements. Each need a strategic purpose, each depends on having a corporate culture that encourages people to create and share information and knowledge, each requires skills and competencies to carry out the processes involved, and each is facilitated by the same technology tools. But they have some differences. In this paper we show these differences and similarities.

Keywords: competitive intelligence, knowledge management, small firms, SME

Suggested Citation

Momeni, Afrooz and Fathian, Mohammad and Akhavan, Peyman, Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge Management's Affinities and Relations: Developing a Model (December 12, 2012). Invertis Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-7, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2188231

Afrooz Momeni

Iran University of Science and Technology

Tehran
Iran

Mohammad Fathian

Iran University of Science and Technology

Tehran
Iran

Peyman Akhavan (Contact Author)

Iran University of Science and Technology - Department of Industrial Engineering ( email )

Tehran
Iran

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