Competitive Intelligence Foundation

This book, the second in a series entitled Topics in CI, covers the practice of primary information acquisition in conferences, seminars, symposia, and trade show settings. In 223 pages it provides outstanding contributions from some of the world’s most respected and experienced corporate, consulting, and academic competitive intelligence professionals.

by Adam L. Penenberg and Marc Barry

Optional Reading for the ICI workshop ICI-34

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A page-burning account of intrigue and espionage in the offices and boardrooms of today's corporations.

Commercial Espionage: 79 Ways Competitors Can Get Any Business Secrets

by Boris Parad

Optional Reading for the ICI workshop ICI-34

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Every business has valuable proprietary data, such as customer lists and research reports. This book succinctly describes corporate intelligence collection techniques including data theft, blackmail, and hiring away of employees.

Confidential: Business Secrets - Getting Theirs, Keeping Yours

by John Nolan

Recommended reading for the ICI workshops ICI-5 and ICI-34

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Whether you know it or not, your business competes in an environment in which many Fortune 500 companies are recruiting ex--CIA officers--specialists with training in elicitation, intelligence collection and analysis, and counterintelligence.

by Dale Fehringer and Bonnier Hohhof

Competitive Intelligence Ethics: Navigating the Gray Zone

Developing and implementing an effective ethics policy is central to the success of every competitive intelligence process.

Recommended reading for the ICI workshops ICI-1 and ICI-5

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This new book provides you with a complete overview of the issues surrounding competitive intelligence ethics with outstanding contributions from some of the world’s most respected and experienced corporate, consulting, andacademic competitive intelligence professionals.