CI Boot Camp [Paperback]

Robert L. Linville (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0962124176 | ISBN-13: 978-0962124174 | Publication Date: March 1, 1996

CI Boot Camp presents a concise course in the basics of business Competitive Intelligence. It provides a step-by-step system for gathering and analyzing competitive information, along with sample forms for organizing and presenting results. Topics include defining research requirements, task sizing and assessment, locating information sources, identifying markets and players, gathering data, and information analysis. The result: a workable methodology for providing value-added information to your company or client on a timely basis.

If you are a beginning CI professional, CI Boot Camp will give you the tools you need to enhance your career. If you are an experienced professional, you will learn tips on how to improve and emonstrate your effectiveness to the company you serve.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Robert L. Linville has worked in the field of Competitive Intelligence for eight years with companies such as IBM Federal Systems, Loral Corporation, and New YUork State Electric & Gas. He is the principal of Competitive Horizons, a market research firm in upstate New York. He has also taught a class in CI for Syracuse University's master's program in information resource management.

Product Details

• Paperback: 67 pages
• Publisher: Society of Competitor (March 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962124176
• ISBN-13: 978-0962124174
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,638,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A handy... short guide., March 28, 2000

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Jonathan M Rudy (Portland OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CI Boot Camp (Paperback)

I am new to the field of Competitive Intelligence and thought that this book would be a very good place to start off. For one thing, it is quite short. The pages are all double spaced and, condensed, could probably fit in 15 pages. However, the content is exactly what I was looking for. A short, concise and easy to relate to outline of the entire field of Competitive Intelligence. The "forms" that are included aren't worth much other than a general idea of what might be included in forms that you will have to create yourself. The most valuable tool of this book is its step by step approach to a topic that I was totally unfamilliar with. If you know CI... don't get this book. If you have never heard of CI... buy it and read it twice.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars nice beginner's guide, May 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: CI Boot Camp (Paperback)

This book is helpful because it lays out the CI process in an easy way. I share this with others in my workplace since it can be read quickly and is easy to follow. I'd recommend this to others who are new to the field and want to get up to speed quickly about CI. For those already doing CI, you are better off picking a more advanced treatment.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A real workbook, March 22, 2002

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Catherine M Michael (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CI Boot Camp (Paperback)

This was my first CI related book purchase - and it fulfilled my beginner needs. This book is formatted as a working aid in content and set-up. There are no easy answers here, but providing guidelines and example templates for organizing your work is the author's strong point. Reading this is as if you are a student in his class working through a complicated assignment for the first time.

Bottom line - good for learning the basic rules and tools, but perhaps too fundamental for the experienced CI professional.