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Are Apple’s Patent Wars a Marketing Strategy?

Harvard Business Review

The opening statements by Apple’s lawyer, Harold McElhinny, alleging that “Samsung copied the iPhone” and that “Samsung went far beyond the world of competitive intelligence and crossed into the dark side” were translated in a multitude of languages and displayed next to pictures of Steve Jobs, one of the most charismatic CEOs of all time.

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Managing Risks Means Managing Arguments

Harvard Business Review

Managing risks — especially the hard-to-pin-down, moving-target risks that any financial trading operation has to cope with — inevitably involves arguing. How Competitive Intelligence Rules Encourage Cheating. But in the meantime it's much more art than science. MORE ON MANAGING RISKY BEHAVIORS.

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Big Data Demands Big Context

Harvard Business Review

When Microsoft built Windows 8, its goal was to move beyond operating-system conventions that were based on outdated user-behavior assumptions and create an OS for the way people really use computers today. Use Your Sales Force’s Competitive Intelligence Wisely. Increasingly, users were socializing for short bursts.

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Viral By Design: Teams in the Networked World

Harvard Business Review

Common Operating Pictures. Dozens of systems and networks tell some of the stories about your firm. Now you can line them all up, from social media, consumer insights, competitive intelligence, marketplace measurement, sales, and distribution. Yes, you can download an app for that! None tell the whole story.

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Cyber Security in the Internet of Things

Harvard Business Review

In particular, expect it to challenge your conception of cybersecurity and your ability to deliver it in IoT-enabled digital networks, your commercial operations, and your partner ecosystems. What''s more, as systems built by different OEMs interact, there is infighting among them as to what constitutes sensitive or competitive intelligence.