CI World Wide

Intelligence Compétitive - Innovation et Développement

  This Audiobook read by the author (Henri Jean-Marie Dou) presents the development of the methods and tools of Competitive Intelligence and Regional Development using as a guideline the cycle of intelligence. This audiobook (copyright protected) can be freely downloaded for personal use only.  (in French) This Audiobook is divided in six parts:

Part1 Competitive Intelligence presentation and background - version   WMA part1a and WMA part1b (21mn, 9.79MB) - version MP3 part1  (7.26MB)

Part 2 Methods and tools of Competitive Intelligence - version WMA part2a and WMA part2b  ( 27mn,  12,9MB) -version MP3 part2a and MP3 part2b ( 9,61 MB)

Part 3 Examples of applications of Competitive Intelligence

Part 4 The French policy of Competitive intelligence - The poles of Competitiveness

Part 5 - How to develop a Competitive Intelligence unit in a Company or Institution

Part 6 - Conclusion and recommendations

Commercial AudioBooks (free or not)

Reengineering the Corporation. This audiobook (in Englis) , is available from AMAZON and is read by the authors. It is clearly related to Competitive Intelligence in the way that it underlines the necessity to ask the good questions to after be able to deelop the good strategy to succeed. Various examples illustrate the purpose of the authors. (Michael Hammer and James Champy) (cost about 12 US$). Also available from Audible (cost 7US$).

Pyromarketing (free Audiobook). Available in Audio format. This is a new way “see” how to generate a good marketing. The author (Greg Stielstra) give numerous examples of this new way to consider the development of a marketing campaing. Valuable for this new view of the subject and for applications which can extend beyong the marketing subject. (in English)

AudioBooks and AudioTips

2009 will see an improvement of ther CIWORLDWIDE facilities. We decided to create a new rubric: Audiobooks and Audiotips. This rubric is devolved to people which like to get information on Competitive Intelligence and its developments through audio systems such as iPod or similar devices. In this rubric we will indicate also some audiobooks which are worthwhile to listen (even is they are not free), and we will give also a free access to audiobooks and tips from people which cooperate with the CIWORLDWIDE organization. 

This rubric is also open to contributors which will like to send audiotips or audiobooks or significant chapters of their own peroduction. For more information is you are interested contact  douhenri@yahoo.fr .

Two formats are available WMA (high quality)  and MP3.

A welcome initiative. The “cahiers de la documentation” are available online.

The Cahiers de la Documentation Belge will made available online the full text of the papers published one year before the present. The bibliographic reference and abstracts of the papers published the on going year will also be available online.

Example of one recent paper dealing with Chine databases:

Intérêt et méthode d’extraction de l’information scientifique chinoise

Nadège GUÉNEC, Doctorante, Université Paris-Est Marne la Vallée, Membre du Groupe de recherche en Intelligence Économique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Henri DOU, Professeur, École Supérieure de Commerce et de Management (ESCEM), Membre du Groupe d’Expert en Intelligence Économique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

• L’industrie chinoise de l’information s’est déployée de concert avec l’émergence d’Internet et le développement impressionnant de la recherche scientifique chinoise. Nous présentons dans cet article le portail de ressources bibliographiques chinois le plus important car développé par le gouvernement chinois à l’université de Qinghua à Pékin. La maîtrise de la recherche documentaire et de l’analyse des ressources disponibles sur ce portail nous semble indispensable pour tout veilleur scientifique dans les domaines de pointe. Ceci souligne la nécessité d’une allocation de ressources entre autres au niveau de la recherche et de l’analyse des informations chinoises. Cette étude tente de démontrer grâce à un exemple comparatif d’une recherche sur un même thème sur des bases d’articles scientifiques américaines et chinoises le fait que le monde de l’information scientifique et technique est en train de changer et que «l’universalité» des sources d’information anglo-saxonnes est actuellement remise en question.

• De Chinese informatie-industrie heeft zich ontvouwen ‘in goed overleg’ met het verschijnen ven het internet en de impressionante ontwikkeling van het Chinees wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Wij stellen in dit artikel dé omvangrijkste – want ontwikkeld door de Chinese regering aan de Tsinghua universiteit te Beijing – Chinese bibliografische portal voor. De beheersing van het documentaire opzoeken en de analyse van beschikbare (hulp)bronnen op deze portal lijkt ons onontbeerlijk voor alle wetenschappelijke informatiebewakers in de speerpuntdomeinen. Dit onderstreept de noodzakelijkheid van het toekennen van middelen onder andere op het niveau van het onderzoek en de analyse van Chinese informatie. Deze studie probeert aan te tonen dankzij een vergelijkend voorbeeld van een opzoeking over eenzelfde onderwerp in Amerikaanse en Chinese artikelendatabanken dat de wereld van de wetenschappelijke en technische informatie aan het veranderen is en dat de “universaliteit” van de Angelsaksische informatiebronnen tegenwoordig in vraag gesteld wordt.

Formation on Public Decision - The sustainable development and the competitiveness of the territories - ENA

This is the 18th of December 2008, that the fourth part of this program was done. The following presentations from Professor Claude Rochet and from Professor Henri Dou are available. The questions from the assistance show a deep interest in all the aspects of the public decision and the link of the decision making with the National French program of Competitive Intelligence. The international poisition of France, for the regional development of industry shows that a lot of progress should be done as fast as possible. One of the main constraint being the timing of the programs which are developed.  

Cooperation with the Babel Region - Bangka Belitung - Indonesia - December 2008

Dr Sri Damayanty Manullang speaking about the program

with the Regional Police Chief

A new cooperation will be developed during 2009 with the Bangka Belitung Region in Indonesia (Island close from Sumatera, 50mn by plane from Jakarta). The coordinated will of the Governor, the Chief of the police and the Bupati for the development of a Competitive Intelligence Program will strat with the cooperation of French and Indonesian Experts. The decision makers of the Province wiwh to develop a model close from the French Competitive intelligence Model.

The various conferences, seminars and workshops developed in Indonesia by the French and Indonesian intregrated team of Competitive Intelligence prompts the political responsibles of the region to choose this French Competitive Intelligence Program as a guide line for their local development. During the discussion various experimental local programs have been presented to Prof. Henri Dou.

First European Certificate of Practitioner in Competitive Intelligence & Value Management - Atelis - ESCEM - France

This is the first of December 2008 that the first certificate of Practitioner in Competitive Intelligence and Value Management has been handed over by M. Alain Juillet to the students of the ATELIS course and workshop (Atelis  Strategic Workshop of the ESCEM, Business School Tours - Poitiers, France). During this ceremony, M. Alain Juillet Senior Executive in Competitive Intelligence in France, presented the goals and main framework of the French Competitive Intelligence program. He underlined the fact that the double competency offered by Atelis to the students in Competitive Intelligence and Value Management, as well as the synergy between these two disciplines will be a strong competitive advantage during their professional life.

 After the handing-over of the diplomas, round table with the participation of Alain Juillet, Alain Beltrando (AFAV President), Henri Dou (Professor ESCEM, Atelis) (see picture on the left)  , Tamym Abdessemed (Director General ESCEM) , Eric Bernier (St Microelectronics Tours, France), , Sebastien Dubuc (former student of the ESCEM) facilitate a wide exchange about  Value Management and the Competitive Intelligence.  Various experts pointed out that both approaches will give for SMEs and large companies a unique tool to provide insights and recommendations for the decision makers. During this round table, Alain Juillet indicated that one of the challenge of the economic exchanges in the next future will be to understand the new “rules of the games” of the different sof nations which are emerging from the globalization.

 This Ceremony was attended by the Director of ESCEM M. Tamym Abdessemed (see picture on the left) , M. François Duvergé (former Director of ESCEM), M. Moriceau (Member of the EGB European Governing Board of the various European Associations of Value Management), M. André Gastel (Pluritechnologies and Value Management), M. Bernard d’Echallens (consultant)  and by various other regional representatives.

 The presentation of the activities of Atelis were made by M. Pierre Larrat, (Atelis founding member and Director of Atelis) which opened the ceremony. During his speach, M. Pierre Larrat indicated that he will leave the Direction of Atelis to become the Director General of a group of companies and he seconds the arrival of professor Henri Dou as new Director of Atelis.

After the meeting all the participants met together to a buffet organized by ESCEM and thank M. Pierre Larrat for all the efforts made under his direction for the development of the Atelis programs.

Thèse de Monsieur Julius Singara: - La confrontation des droits Indonésiens et français de la preuve sur support électronique

 Thursday November 10th, at the University of Montpellier 1, Mr Julius Singara, Indonesian student presented its PhD about  the confrontation of French and Indonesian rights dealing with the electronic proof. Mr Singara presented his work brilliantly and the jury gave to Mr Singara the title of Dr of the University of Montpellier 1, with the mention “très honorable avec les félicitations du Jury”. The research work of Mr Singara was directed by the Professor Michel Bibent. The Members of the Jury were Dr. Henri Dou Président, Dr. Bourrié-Quenillet and Dr. Serge Bories and Dr. Michel Bibent Director of Mr Singara’s PhD.

 This work, very interesting on various points is one of the key of the electronic commerce and electronic transactions for Indonesia. In this wide country, made of thousands of islands, the electronic transactions recognized legally will allow foreigners to make confident and legal electronic transactions in various domains.

  The assistance was important and the representants of the Indonesian Embassy and Indonesian Consulate in Marseille were present (Mrs the Consul of Indonesia in Marseille). The Bishop of the catholic church of Montpellier was also present as well as various Professors, students and family member of Mr Julius Singara.

After the presentation, the assistance was invited  to a buffet of traditional Indonesian food.

The second European Intercluster conference 2008 Paris

This is the 17th and 18th November 2008 that the Intercluster second European conference taken place.

The main issue of the conference:

The increasing globalisation of value chains is an established fact, with the two following components: on the one hand, a fragmentation of the production process between various countries as well as the externalisation and relocation of certain activities; on the other hand,the need to progress within the value chain through increased specialisation in activities with high knowledge intensity and high added value. Clusters need to deal with this new environment. Is intercluster cooperation a suitable response as a means of facing up to these new challenges? Clusters are at a turning point. For a long time they were considered as associations of businesses of the same branch in a given geographical area, i.e. “area-clusters”. They arenow turning into networks of complementary and multidisciplinary competencies over distinct territories and endowed with a governing body, i.e. “acting-clusters”. Will this new situation be sustained in the long run? What does it imply in terms of economic strategy, of innovation, or of territorial organisation? By joining forces along a transnational value-chain, an Intercluster is understood as an association of several complementary clusters, and as such provides a response to the problem of fragmentation in the production process. As it brings together all the inputs required in the development of an innovative product, it should become a vertically integrated virtual company, just like a multinational company. How can such an entity emerge? How can it be exploited? And how should it be managed?

Various contributions, main speakers and short presentations presented the state of the arts and the latest European experiments in that field.

The Academy of Competitive Intelligence is invited by the University of Toulouse I, France

The Academy of Competitive intelligence is invited by the University of Toulouse I, December 3rd 2008. The program of Symposium will deal with the the Competitive Intelligence (Economic Intelligence) for the Intelligent Company .  Philippe Clerc from the ACFCI will animate the round table of the symposium. For the registration to this event please use the Following form.