Seminar on Internet for Competitive Intelligence, Decision Support & Organizational Competitiveness

List of Competitive Intelligence & Decision Support Sites

1. List of Competitive Intelligence sites:

References:

1. Competitive Technical Intelligence Internet Sites. Compiled by Jay Paap - November, 1998

http://people.ne.mediaone.net/jaypaap/ci_jpaap6.htm

 2. CLAEYS CONSULTING: Use the Internet for Competitive Intelligence

http://www.accesscom.com/~lclaeys/internet.htm

 List of Competitive Intelligence Internet sites. Please note that some of them are pay-sites.

Contents

• Addresses and phone numbers
• CI Companies/Organizations/Market Researchers
• General Company Information/Locate Competitors
• Government Sites
• Newspapers/Periodicals
• Patent Information
• Search Engines and List of Sites
• Trade Shows
• Venture Capital

Addresses and phone numbers

(Note: No one source has all numbers; yellow pages are useful for finding both companies and professionals (e.g. doctors who have written on a subject).

• BigYellow - Yellow pages. http://www.bigyellow.com/
• Four11 Directory Services - Multiple directories, e-mail, white and yellow pages. http://people.yahoo.com/
• GTE SuperPages - Provides a map of location. http://superpages.gte.com/
• InfoSpace - Includes reverse lookup - gives name for phone number http://infospace.com
• Switchboard - Search for companies and individuals. One of most comprehensive. http://www.switchboard.com/
• White pages, Yellow pages, E-Mail, Telephone Directories, and Business Directories online - Over 300 links to worldwide directories, by site name. http://www.flash.net/~hamoarb/phoneweb.html
• World's phonebooks - Links to hundreds of directories, by country.  http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2673/phone.html
• Lycos Top 55 – Best of the Web - http://point.lycos.com/categories
• Magellan Internet guide - http://magellan.excite.com/

 
CI Companies/Organizations/Market Researchers

• CHI Research - CHI's strengths are in Patent Citation analysis. http://www.chiresearch.com/
• CI Source - Provides links to CI articles and resources. http://www.cisource.com
• Datapro - http://www.datapro.com/
• Dataquest Interactive - http://www.dataquest.com/
• DataTimes - http://www.datatimes.com/
• Dialog Corporation - http://www.dialog.com
• Dow Jones News/Retrieval - http://ip.dowjones.comDowJones Business Information Services - http://bis.dowjones.com/ Select "Dow Jones Custom Clips"
• Emerging Technologies Research - formerly with Find/SVP - site in transition.  http://www.cyberdialogue.com/products/products.html
• Faulkner - http://www.faulkner.com/
• Find/SVP - Summary pages are free and can often provide good general info and company names. http://www.findsvp.com
• Forrester Research - http://www.forrester.com/
• FROST & SULLIVAN - http://www.frost.com/
• Fuld & Company, Inc. - Info on firm plus a list of Internet sites (includes industry links) and a strategy page that identifies types of information you might want to gather for different types of business decisions. http://www.fuld.com/
• GartnerGroup - http://www.gartner.com
• INPUT - http://www.input.com/
• International Data Corporation (IDC) - http://www.idcresearch.com/
• Lexis-Nexis - http://www.lexis-nexis.com/ci/
• Marketsearch Directory - http://marketsearch-dir.com/
• Mogee Research Associates - Expertise in patent mapping and patent citation analysis - strong international resources. http://www.mogee.com
• Montague Institute - Newsletter has articles on knowledge management and CI. http://www.montague.com/
• Securities Data Online! Merger and Financing Information Worldwide - http://www.secdata.com/
• Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals Homepage - http://www.scip.org/
• STAT*USA - http://www.stat-usa.gov/
• UnCoverWeb! - Database of over 17,000 multidisciplinary journals. http://uncweb.carl.org/
• Washington Researchers Home Page - Has a page of special reports that contains numerous good 2-3 page reports of CI practices and techniques. http://www.researchers.com/ 

General Company Information/Locate Competitors

• ABI - SalesLeadsUSA - Search of business basics - profiles available at $3. http://www.salesleadsusa.com/
• Access Business Online & trade - http://www.clickit.com/touch/home.html
• Associations on the Net: http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON
• Breakthrough! - Newsletter on S&T "breakthroughs." http://www.lucifer.com/~sean/BT/
• British Science - Access to articles, links to sites, and monthly newsletter of British Technology. http://britcount/science
• Business Information sources on the internet - comprehensive links to multiple sources.  http://www.dis.strath.ac.uk/business/index.html
• Business Wire - Basic profiles for major corporations; links to corporate web pages; press releases going back several years. http://businesswire.com/
• CorpTech Database of 50,000 U.S. Hi -Tech Companies. http://www.corptech.com/index.cfm
• Corporate financials online - http://www.cfonews.com/
• Check for company web sites - http://www.companyname.com/
• CompaniesOnline - http://www.CompaniesOnline.com/
• Corporate information - Links to profiles available n line from other sites. http://www.corporateinformation.com/
• DataTimes: http://www.datatimes.com/ Select "EyeQ", Select " Business Analyst", Select "Profile"
• Dun & Bradstreet Information Services: http://www.dnb.com/
• E-commerce guide - http://ecommerce.internet.com/
• EDGARSCAN - Java and HTML interactive search of EDGAR database. http://bamboo.tc.pw.com/edgarscan.html
• EUROPAGES : The European Business Directory - comprehensive source for European firms. http://www.europages.com/
• Hoover's Company Profile Online $ - Basic info (address, sales, officer) available to all; in-depth profiles requires subscription. Good starting point. http://www.hoovers.com/
• Industry.net - the new community of industry online - http://www.industry.net/
• Internet Intelligence Index -- Fuld & Company, Inc. - Intelligence index provides links to several hundred sites sorted by industry. http://www.fuld.com/
• Internet resources for Latin America - extensive guide to Latin American sources. http://lib.nmsu.edu/subject/bord/laguia/
• InvestQuest - Info on public firms. http://invest.quest.columbus.oh.us:80/
• IPL Associations on the Net (AON) - Comprehensive links to associations. http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON/
• NYU EDGAR Development Site - Fast search on EDGAR database. http://edgar.stern.nyu.edu/
• Official American Medical Association (AMA) Home Page - Find doctors. http://www.ama-assn.org/
• Organizations Encouraging Women in Science and Engineering - Don't let title fool you - good list of professional groups with links. http://www.nas.edu/cwse/
• PR Newswire Home Page - 'Company news' provides press releases for 1 year of submitting firms. http://www.prnewswire.com/
• PRARS - Public Register's Annual Report Service - Provides annual reports on many firms. http://www.prars.com/
• TechCalendar - database of technology events, listing of over 2000 technical events worldwide. http://www.techweb.com/calendar/
• Tana Interactive's Annual Reports On-line - Limited number of on line annual reports. http://www.tanagraphics.com/ti/ar_list/
• The Biz - Homepage - sources in the UK. http://www.thebiz.co.uk/default.htm
• The Business Start Page - General info and links to wide variety of business sources. http://www.wp.com/fredfish/
• The Co-op Home Page - National Cooperative Business Association - Links to co-ops. http://www.cooperative.org/
• The Mining Company - links to info on central Europe, entrepreneurs, and more. http://home.miningco.com/business/
• The Newsletter Library - Comprehensive list of newsletters and links for getting on mailing list. http://pub.savvy.com/
• The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Chemistry - Links to chemistry sites - tech and firms.  http://chem.ucla.edu/chempointers.html
• Thomas Register - Comprehensive index of manufacturing firms, free. http://www.thomasregister.com:8000/
• Virtual Community of Organizations – links to over a thousand associations in greater DC area. http://www.vcanet.org/index.htm
• Wall Street Research Net - Provides links to dozen of info sources for target firm - mostly financial. http://www.wsrn.com/
• Writing and Publishing News – daily news on publishing plus links to journalism resources. http://writenews.com/

 
Government Sites

• FedWorld - collection of government sites including bulletin boards. http://www.fedworld.gov/
• Government Resources on the Web - Worldwide government links. http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/govweb.html
• How to Effectively Locate Federal Government Information on the Web - Tutorial on using government Web resources. http://gort.ucsd.edu/pcruse/universe/intro.html
• Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov/
• Library of Congress Experimental Search System - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/booksquery.html
• The Great American Web Site - Links to Government - http://www.uncle-sam.com/
• U.S. Census Bureau Home Page - Source of basic demographic data. http://www.census.gov/
• U.S. Federal Government Agencies - http://www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - Contains links to EDGAR search (for online copies of all SEC filed documents), plus one of best links to other government sites (look under other sites of interest). http://www.sec.gov/
• U.S.Naval Observatory - Check your system clock. http://tycho.usno.navy.mil./Timecheck.html
• USPS ZIP Code Lookup and Address Information - Find zip codes for any address. http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/
• Welcome to the White House - Good links to some of major government sites. http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Newspapers/Periodicals

• American City Business Journal - links to local and regional business journals. http://www.amcity.com/
• EditPros Business News Media Directory - links to editors of newspapers and business press. http://www.editpros.com/media.html
• Electronic Newstand - http://www.enews.com/
• Farcast News and Information Service $ - push service. http://www.farcast.com
• Journals & Magazines - link to business press and magazines. http://www.brint.com/ISJournal.htm
• Los Angeles Times Cutting Edge - technology related stories. http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/CUTTING/
• MEL: News, Media & Periodicals Index - Links to sites for magazines, newspapers and newsletters http://mel.lib.mi.us/news/news-index.html
• NewsLink - http://www.newslink.org/ (Magazines, Newspapers, Radio/TV)
• Newspage - http://www.newspage.com/
• PointCast - Push service. http://www.pointcast.com/
• The Flying Inkpot's World News Links - large list of newspapers on line around the world. http://webvisions.com.sg/inkpot/news/
• The Ultimate Collection of News Links - large list of newspapers on line around the world. http://pppp.net/links/news/
• San Jose Mercury News - major observer of Silicon Valley and electronics. http://www.sjmercury.com
• Town News - Links to local US newspapers on line. http://www.townnews.com/
• The Wall Street Journal - http://www.wsj.com/

Patent Information

• Derwent Scientific and Patent Information - Comprehensive site with search engine for patents and patent related information. http://www.derwent.com/
• IBM Patent Server Home Page - Fast and free access to patent info - including images - copies by fax or mail at modest cost. http://patent.womplex.ibm.com/
• Intellectual Property Reference Library - Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and more. http://www.servtech.com/public/mbobb/
• Japanese IP - info on Japanese IP and other Asian IP sites. http://okuyama.com
• MicroPatent - free search and modest cost for download or e-mail of patents, patent applications, and trademarks. http://www.micropat.com/
• Questel-Orbit Patent and Trademark Welcome Page - Links to worldwide patent resources. http://www.questel.orbit.com/
• U.S. Patent Boolean Search Page – http://164.195.100.11/netahtml/search-bool.html
• United States Patent and Trademark Office - http://www.uspto.gov/
• Where to find patent information on the Internet - Links to worldwide sites. http://www.epo.co.at/epo/online/index.htm 

Search Engines and List of Sites

• ABCs of Search Engines: Search Engine Watch - Search Engine News, Search Engine Tips and more about search engines. http://searchenginewatch.com/
• AltaVista Search: Main Page - http://www.altavista.digital.com/
• AT&T WorldNet (sm) Service Business - http://www.att.net/explore/business
• BizTech Network- extensive links to business and technology sites. http://www.brint.com/
• USLIB-L - Business Librarians' Discussion List - http://www.tile.net/tile/listserv/buslibl.html
• Competitive Intelligence - http://crrm.univ-mrs.fr/vl/tech.html
• Deja News - The Source for Internet Newsgroups! - http://www.dejanews.com/
• HotBot - http://www.hotbot.com/
• InfoSeek Guide - http://guide.infoseek.com/
• Internet Business Research Hot List (Montague Research Institute) - http://www.montague.com/scip/cihot1.html
• KnowledgeExpress - Provides searchable link to growing number of companies - large and small - sorted by technology. http://www.knowledgeexpress.com/
• Liszt, the mailing list directory - http://www.liszt.com/
• Virtual Reference Desk - My Search Engines - http://www.refdesk.com/newsrch.html
• Northern Light - Excellent search of web and thousands of journals and business pubs. Free abstracts and inexpensive article copies. http://www.northernlight.com
• ProFusion - Multiple search engine driver. http://profusion.ittc.ukans.edu
• SCIP Web Journal Home Page - http://www.montague.com/scip/scipweb.htm
• Surfy.com - Comprehensive search engine linked to multiple other sources - good first cut. http://surfy.com
• Savvy Search: http://www.savvysearch.com/
• Washington Researchers' Search Engine Reference - http://www.researchers.com/searcheng.html
• WebCrawler: http://webcrawler.com/
• Yahoo - still one of best. http://www.yahoo.com 

Trade Shows

• ASAE on the Net! - http://www.asaenet.org/
• EventSource - Your First Source for Planning Meetings, Trade Shows and Conventions. http://eventsource.com/
• EXPOguide Home Page - http://www.expoguide.com/
• TechCalendar - database of technology events, listing of over 2000 technical events worldwide. http://www.techweb.com/calendar/
• TechExpo - Technical Conference Information Center - http://www.techexpo.com/
• TradeShow Central Home Page - http://www.tscentral.com/
• TSNN - The Trade Show News Network - http://www.tsnn.com/

 
Venture Capital

• Price Waterhouse Venture Capital Survey – http://www.pwcglobal.com/
• Venture Capital - links to venture capital sites. http://www.killshot.com/vc.htm
• VentureOne - http://www.ventureone.com

2. Decision Support Sites:

For e.g. Pay & Compensation Decisions:

• AIER Cost-of-Living Calculator: Data from 1913 to 1999 http://www.aier.org/colcalc.html
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor http://www.bls.gov/
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Compensation Survey - http://www.bls.gov/ocsoverv.htm
• Careers.wsj.com - Salaries & Profiles - An industry-by-industry look at salaries from the National Business Employment Weekly. http://careers.wsj.com/?content=cwc-salaries.htm
• Cost of living and consumer price index statistics, links to websites http://www.onlineinc.com/bookmark/ojala.html
• Datamaster’s 1999 U.S. Cost-of-Living - Comparisons for 399 U.S. Cities and Metro-Areas http://www.datamasters.com/cgi-bin/col.pl
• Money Magazine's Cost of Living Comparator Search a database by supplying city you are moving from and city you are moving to. 500 cities are included. (30+ in California) http://www.pathfinder.com/money/bestplaces/col/compare.html
• Occupational Outlook Handbook - New online version from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Earnings" information is given for each of 250 occupations in addition to training, outlook, work setting and related occupations. http://stats.bls.gov/oco/oco1000.htm
• Relocation Salary Calculator from Home Fair: calculate differences in cost of living between hundreds of U.S. cities (some international comparisons are included.) http://www.homefair.com/homefair/cmr/salcalc.html
• JobSmart’s links to Salary and Compensation sites - http://jobsmart.org/tools/salary/surv-gen.htm#COST
• Statistical Resources on the Web for Cost-of-Living calculations http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/steccpi.html

For other decision making:

• An interesting site for making decisions : http://www.personalogic.com/
• Web-version of the HIPRE 3+ software for decision analytic problem structuring, multicriteria evaluation and prioritization: http://www.hipre.hut.fi/

3. Interesting Stories about the use of Internet for Decision Support & Organizational         Competitiveness:

Story #1: Cisco Systems

FORTUNE, Aug 17,1998: How Cisco Mastered the Net - Shawn Tully http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/1998/980817/cis.html

FORTUNE, March 30, 1998: Ford's Intranet Success - Mary J. Cronin http://www.pathfinder.com/fortune/digitalwatch/0330fil5.html