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Summary: Very Good Primer On CI
Review: This book covers a wide range of topics and is very helpful for the professional manager understand, adopt and apply competitive intelligence practices to support business plans. The professional CI practitioner may find this book to be a bit light.
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Summary: This book takes you beyond the age of information.
Review: This book explains how to handle the torrent of business information that bombards us everyday. I learned how to turn 'information' into 'intelligence' and use it to make stategic decisions. This books is a must read for every manager.
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Summary: Competitive Intelligence is a handbook for the next century.
Review: This book gives basics, case studies and other tools necessary to begin a CI program at your company. Our CEO (we are a mid-sized software company) bought a copy for each manager. We've been discussing the book for weeks and have used its techniques to help beat our competitors.
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Summary: REAL world business intelligence from the front lines
Review: This book is a must read for executives seeking advantage over competitors or struggling to survive in the intensly competitive global marketplace. Using case studies and a fast paced narrative Kahaner makes a compelling case that successful organizations must exploit competitive intelligence to gain & hold advantages over rivals.
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Summary: If you worry about your competition, you need this book!
Review: This books explained to me for the first time exactly what competitive intelligence is all about -- how to use it and how to profit from it. The case studies are excellent. Kahaner is a great writer.
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Summary: No doubt about it: the bible of CI
Review: This books explains in easy to understand language how CI works and how any company can do it. But Kahaner doesn't stop there. There's plenty of material for people who already know about CI, even those who practice CI on a regular basis. The case studies are excellent. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A great deal of key information for very little money.
Review: This is a basic reference for CI. The author lays the groundwork for convincing the audience of the need for CI and how to establish and operate a program. Comparing it to the other, much higher priced books, this is the most bang for buck
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Summary: Journalists take on CI
Review: This is a basic treatment of the field that adds the journalistic element that has been lacking in many other treatments. That has its good and bad points. The good points is that it is likely to drum up interest in the field by those outside of it. The bad point is that it somewhat sensationalizes it for those of us who do it on a day to day basis. Nevetheless, it is a comprehensive overview of CI and provides for interesting anectdotes and stories to share to the general public. I just got this a few weeks ago and it is also now appearing a bit dated but that is understandable as it was likely written several years ago. Overall, a fairly interesting book that will be of some value to individuals who need to understand why CI might be a desirable career pursuit.
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Summary: Short read, lots of info
Review: This is a good analysis of Competitive Intelligence. It is a short read (1 round-trip plane ride) but it is full of useful information. Kahaner shows businesses how to take precautions in this dangerous world.This book is especially relevant in the aftermath of September 11 where we will likely see more companies try to protect their secrets from intellectual property thieves.
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Summary: AN AMAZING BOOK
Review: This is one of the most exciting books that every manager, student or academic must read!!!! The way that is written is very simple and the countries case studies that the author uses are very helpful.
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