Research contributions are solicited in all areas pertinent to Competitive, Market and Business Intelligence, including:

1 - The Discipline of Competitive Intelligence

The Professional and Academic separation between the fields of Competitive Intelligence (Management practices) and Business Intelligence (Technical solutions)

Similarities and differences between the Academic fields of Decision Support Systems, Knowledge Management, Market Intelligence and Competitive Intelligence

The history and synergy of Competitive Intelligence with other Management fields in general

The future of the field of Competitive Intelligence as an academic discipline

How Political Science, Police and Military education can profit from the study of Competitive Intelligence

Blurring the boundaries: KM, DM, CI and MR

2 - Competitive Intelligence: Competing, Consuming and Collaborating in a Flat World

How the profession and study of Competitive Intelligence has changed with the spread of Internet

Why the field of Competitive Intelligence has focused so much on threats instead of opportunities

How the field of Competitive Intelligence can be used for Business Development and Innovation, or Entrepreneurship

Competitive Intelligence and Blue Ocean Strategy

Competitive Intelligence and Cost Innovation

How to integrate Competitive Intelligence into small and medium-sized businesses

3 - Other topics related to Competitive Intelligence accepted

Competitive Intelligence in Emerging Markets

Ethical issues in Competitive Intelligence

Models of Competitive Advantage

Competitive Intelligence and Finance

Competitive Intelligence for Regional Development

Market research and Competitive Intelligence

Exhibit/Trade Show Intelligence

Organizational Perspectives on Competitive Intelligence

Competitive Intelligence and Open Source issues

Intelligence Analysis

Competitive Intelligence for a National Competitive Advantage (the heritage from A. Smith)

The role of governments and the implementation of CI national policies, in public and private institutions

Empirical studies and joint presentations of Competitive and Business Intelligence elements will be looked at favourably.