1 - Competence identification and evaluation

How have Universities and Business Schools integrated Competitive Intelligence methods and tools?
Which tools should be used for training?
What are the required competences in CI and how should one assess them?
Is there academic research in Competitive Intelligence?

2 - Ethical Issues in Competitive Intelligence

The state of ethics in competitive intelligence practice
Ethical issues facing CI practitioners
Cultural differences in CI techniques
Ethical failures and reputation
Adoption of ethical standards
Articulating ethical standards
Handling ethical pressures
Organizational culture and ethics
Corporate policy and the ethics of CI gathering
of ethical pressure for CI practitioners
Ethical CI guidance
Frameworks to assess the ethics of CI activities
Ethical frameworks to assist CI practitioners.
Unethical Practices in Competitive Analysis: Patterns, causes and effects

3 - Territorial intelligence: the role of institutional structures

Competitive clusters, what lessons can be learnt from them ?
Is sustainable economic development possible ?
What has been gained from territorial competitive intelligence actions? What are the new views that must be developed?
How are roles shared out between institutional organizations and private ones in regional competitive intelligence actions?
How can national competitive intelligence policies be linked to regional policies? How can the principles of subsidiary be implemented at national, regional and local levels?
How can competitive intelligence be used by regions to anticipate change and revitalise industrial development and innovation?
How can institutional organizations use competitive intelligence to modernise their missions and services for the general public (e-government)?

4 - Competitive intelligence and small and medium-sized businesses

How to integrate competitive intelligence into small and medium-sized businesses?
What kind of competitive intelligence is needed for small and medium-sized businesses?
What competitive intelligence strategy can be adopted by small and medium-sized businesses?
What competitive intelligence actions are offered by public institutions, parapublic organizations or industrial corporations to small and medium-sized businesses?
What are the CI success factors for small and medium-sized businesses?
What are the reasons for failures?
What are the common and uncommon practices in competitive intelligence for small and medium-sized businesses in each country of Europe?

5 - CI at the macro level in public institutions and multinational companies: the globalization effects, organizational process and information systems

What are the characteristics of the deployment of a competitive intelligence procedure within a multinational company (constraints / opportunities)?
How do multinational companies manage the multi-cultural and trans-national aspects of their teams?
What are the different models of internal competitive intelligence organization (centralization / decentralization)?
What relations do businesses have with the authorities on these aspects?
How are businesses informed of the degree of sensitivity of information?
What are the legislative frameworks in European countries?
How do European firms integrate competitive intelligence into their information systems?
What is the impact of information systems on the development of competitive intelligence tools within firms?
What are the major achievements in the implementation of competitive intelligence projects in information systems?
Which firms are the most innovative in this field (structure, size and establishment)?
What organizational structure could make the introduction of competitive intelligence into information systems easier?
What are the most innovative technologies offering new applications?
How can we deal with the new vulnerabilities of information systems?
The importance of CI for the emergent economies.
The role of governments and the implementation of CI national policies, in public and private institutions.