Level of maturity of the competitive intelligence function: Case study of a retail bank in South Africa

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-66

  Heppes, David ^a   Du Toit, Adeline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Banks; Competitive strategy; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SKILLS; BANKS; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CLASS LEVEL; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EARLY WARNING; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; GROUNDED THEORY; INFORMATION NEED; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; KEY COMPONENT; PRE-SELECTED; RESEARCH APPROACH; RETAIL BANKS; SENIOR MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; THEORY BUILDING;

COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SALES; SURVEYS;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 66749110460     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530910932285     Document Type: Article

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