NOVA Information Management School

Inteligência Económica e Competitiva

Code

400033

Academic unit

NOVA Information Management School

Credits

7.5

Teacher in charge

Weekly hours

0.0

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Objectives

The aim of this course is understanding what is the Competitive Intelligence, its relation to the Strategy and Marketing, and its use for greater overall efficiency.

Students should be able to integrate tools, techniques and methodologies to understand the key behavior of a given competitor in the market. This integration will provide a deduction of performance of a given competitor based on the Competitive Landscape, or in the opposite direction, as their Marketing Communications can be used to infer the competitor's strategy. It will be shared with students a global perspective of the What, When, How and Why of using these tools, per se, or in an integrated fashion.

The ultimate goal is to create conditions for students positive impact in strategic decision making in organizations to which they belong or will belong.

Prerequisites

100%

Subject matter

Introduction
Decison Making Context
Definitions
(M1) Planning
(M2) Collection (Primary & Secondary)
(M3) Analysis
(M4) Dissemination
(M5) Decision & Action
BUSINESS WARGAME

Bibliography

Competitive Strategy -­ Michael E. Porter -­ 978-­0-­684-­84148-­9 -­ Free Press
LAHNEMAN & ARCOS (2014), “The Art of Intelligence” Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN: 978-1-4422-2897-9
Strategic Planning -­ Robert G. Wittmann; Matthias P. Reuter -­ 978-­0-­7494-­5434-­0 -­ Ebsco Publishing
The Handbook of Market Intelligence -­ Hans Hedin; Irmeli Hirvensalo; Markko Vaarnas -­ 978-­1-­119-­96162-­8 -­ John Wiley&Sons
The Handbook of Market Intelligence -­ Hans Hedin; Irmeli Hirvensalo; Markko Vaarnas -­ 978-­1-­119-­96162-­8 -­ John Wiley&Sons

Teaching method

Theory followed by practice with a real business case

Evaluation method

Final Exam + Continuous Evaluation

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