Information Resources for Information Professionals

Competitive Intelligence Sources on the Internet

Compiled by:
Joe Ryan

 

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Table of Contents

·  Getting Started

·  Guides

·  Annual Reports

·  Associations

·  Cases

·  Directories

·  Indexes and Search Engines

·  Financial News

·  Journals

·  US Patent and Trademark Office

·  US Securities and Exchange Commission Filings

Getting Started

Coombs, Richard. Competitive intelligence handbook . University Press of America. See sample chapters.

Fuld, Leonard M. (1995). The new competitor intelligence: The complete resource for finding, analyzing, and using information. NY: Wiley. Bird Library 3rd Floor HD38.7 .F863 1995

Fund and Company. CI success stories.

Greer, Jed and Singh, Kavalift. Activist's guide to researching transnational companies. New Delhi, India: Public Interest Research Group. Corporate Watch Research Library.

Levine, Marilyn M. (1995, February). A brief history of information brokering. ASIS Bulletin.

Makulowich, John S. (1996, October 10). Internet 201: Competitive intelligence on the Internet. Appeared in Washington Technology. 11 (13), 33.

Malhotra, Yogesh. (1996). Competitive intelligence programs: An overview.

Miller, Karen. How the pros research companies.

Morris County Library. (1999, November). 10 reasons why you can't find a company. Eureka, 7 (10).

Washington Researchers. What is competitive intelligence?

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Guides

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME).Company research on the world wide web: A subject guide for union activists .

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME). Corporate research. Laborlinks.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME). (1999). Getting a head start researching a tax exempt organization. Collective Bargaining Reporter, 2.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME). Researching the exempt organization.

AuroraWDC.

Aware. Internet resources for the competitive intelligence professional.

Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP. Company information on the web. Virtual Chase: A research site for legal professionals.

Blackman, Joshua. How to research companies on the Internet. Guide from the recent book: Internet fact finder for lawyers.

Banneker Center. Corporate welfare shame page.

Cipher Systems. Talks about competitive intelligence.

A series of talks and presentaions (both content and audio) introducing various CI issues.

Cornell University. Catherwood Library. Researching companies and Researching non-profit corporations.

Corporate Accountability Project. Corporate Dirt Archive Project. Researching Corporations. See also their: Corporate Dirt Archives / Researching Corporations, Corporate Power Information, and the Corporate Welfare Information Center.

Corporate information: What you need to know.

Davis, Gillian. (2001, February 27). Librarians and information science: Competitive intelligence and librarianship.

Flanagan, Debbie. Researching companies online

Fuld and Company. Internet Intelligence Index (I3).

Law Library Resource Xchange. LLRX.com: Business filings databases.

Lowe, Lisa. Company Research.

Pike, John. Economic intelligence and commercial intelligence on the web. Washington, DC: Federation of American Scientists.

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Tapping officials' secrets.

Sookoo - The business strategy search specialist.

University of Virginia Prospect Research Office. Web Resources.

Washington Researchers. What is competitive intelligence?

Wickham, Alan and Capparelli, Danny. Sookoo!: Strategy Organized Online [with] Key Ordered Optimization.

Ziegler, James R. Contract employee's handbook.

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Annual Reports

AnnualReports.com.

Annual report gallery.

Public register's annual report service (PRARS).

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Associations

Association of Independent Information Professionals.

Operations security professionals society.

Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).

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Cases

Cipher Systems. Bare knuckles: 100 ways to clobber your competitors.

"...real life cases that demonstrate strategic elements you can incorporate into the moves and counter-moves as you compete.. ."

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Directories

Companies online search.

Evergreen State Society. Internet Nonprofit Center. Nonprofit Locater.

Federal Reserve System. National Information Center (NIC).

"...provides comprehensive information on banks and other institutions for which the Federal Reserve has a supervisory, regulatory, or research interest including both domestic and foreign banking organizations operating in the U.S. The NIC includes the organizational structure of financial institutions and financial information for some of those institutions. Historical information is available on the structure of all the institutions. Financial information is available for selected time periods." Can be useful for tracing bank name changes.

Financial information link library.

Forbes 500s annual directory.

GuideStar: The donor's guide to the charitable universe..

Hoover's Online.

Internet Prospector. Locating U.S. corporation records online: A Directory of state web sites and Secretaries of State contact information.

Provides contact information and links to official home page, Secretary of State, and corporation database (when available), official state charities databases and charity regulators for U.S. states (when available).

Internet US yellow pages.

Mcdonnell, John. John Mcdonnell's really useful sites.

Michigan State University. Center for International Business Education and Research. globalEDGE.

Philanthropic Advisory Service of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.

Thomas register of American manufacturers.

Websense, Inc. Company Site Locator.

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Indexes and Search Engines

Ask Henry.

Search engine covering: economics, environment, politics, and fairness.

Fuld & Company. Internet intelligence index.

1Jump.

Tracks a million + companies giving basic company data.

Online intelligence project.

Oriented to individuals and professionals with an interest in international news, commerce, and references. It utilizes an intelligence service model to array Internet resources into departments and regional desks.

Reporters Internet survival guide.

Transium business intelligence.

Wall street reesearch net. See its Research a company section

Yahoo! Finance page and Company directory.

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Current Financial News

CEO Express.

CNN financial news.

Mercury Center and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Money Tree Survey of venture capita.

Stratfor.com international news and analysis.

Washington Post. Business tech market news.

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Journals

Competia.

A magazine for competitive intelligence and strategic planning professionals.

Competitive intelligence e-monitor.

Knowledge@Wharton.

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US Patent and Trademark Office

Patent and Trademark Office and its Trademark database.

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US Securities and Exchange Commission Filings

10K Wizard

EDGAR database.

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