A broad definition of competitive intelligence is the action of defining, gathering, analyzing, and distributing Intelligence about products, customers, competitors and any aspect of the environment needed to support executives and managers in making strategic decisions for an organization.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_intelligence
How do you collect competitive information? How does it turn into “intelligence?”
smartlemming.com/2009/04/creating-a-competitive-intelligence-ci-process/
While there are many interpretations of the term \"competitive intelligence,\" it is useful to view it as defined by the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) in first place.
competitive-intelligence.mirum.net/business-intelligence/definition-competitive-intelligence.html
Organization charts CI
www.aqute.com/blog/bid/50506/Organization-charts-for-competitive-intelligence