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Companies Collect Competitive Intelligence, but Don’t Use It

Harvard Business Review

And the impact of competitive information on an organization’s decisions is one of those things that can hardly ever be measured. Since impact can’t be measured and therefore results can’t be directly attributed to the competitive information, management resorts to measuring the wrong thing, exactly as Drucker feared.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business Review

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. ” (A bill was introduced in 2015 to raise the cap and liberalize other rules around H-1Bs, but died in Congress.) But in April, just after U.S.