Competitive intelligence serves to improve a company's strategic planning by effectively monitoring and analyzing industry developments and competitor actions. Competitive intelligence involves ...

Competitive analysis is the process of analysing the strategy employed by competitors to stay ahead of them. It includes researching the competitors’ sales, products, SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, ...

Start a file on each of your competitors including advertising, promotional materials, and pricing strategies. Review these files periodically, determining how often they advertise, sponsor promotions ...

In my previous article, I noted that strategic planning continues to be an essential tool for the success and survival of companies. The ability to anticipate, adapt and direct resources toward ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Whether pitching your company for funding from startup investors or putting together a business plan to present to the bank, building a ...

The U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff have issued a major new paper on U.S. strategy entitled Joint Concept for Competing. It is an in-depth analysis of the changes needed in U.S. strategy that is some 70 ...

The following is an excerpt from Phil Mackintosh and Michael Normyle's paper titled: How Exchanges Compete: An Economic Analysis of Platform Competition. The full paper can be read here. Exchanges ...