Cia, Inc.: Espionage and the Craft of Business Intelligence

Every major government recognizes the value of intelligence and employs an intelligence service to collect it for them. Businesses should be no idfferent. Knowing how to gather information about the strength of your competitors, being able to anticipate their next move and preventing them from stealing your secrets are critical keys to success in the new economy. Executives, entrepreneurs and business school students must realize that the success of their companies partially depends on their effectiveness in the realm of business intelligence.