Tag Archives: Competitive Technical Intelligence

Acqusitions on the Rise. How to screen for targets?

Posted on March 4, 2010 by gary oosta

To acquire an organization with just the right technology, use an active screening process. Continue reading →

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Competitive Technical Intelligence Workshop

Posted on February 26, 2010 by gary oosta

SCIP10 is coming soon. Join Patent Insights at a workshop discussing Technology Mapping, Competitive Technical Intelligence and Strategic Decisions. Continue reading →

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LifeScience Alley: A model for cooperation & education

Posted on September 22, 2009 by gary oosta

LifeScience Alley is a model for local business cooperation and education. Continue reading →

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Choosing a Study Area

Posted on September 12, 2009 by gary oosta

Choosing the area to study is often the easiest part of a CTI or BI project. CTI can impact R&D, business development, competitive analysis and even strategic IP management. Continue reading →

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Why Does Technology Mapping and CTI Work?

Posted on September 7, 2009 by gary oosta

Technology mapping works because there are forces for disclosure of key information. In particular, scientific and patent literature are nearly perfectly structured for effective text mining. Continue reading →

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Organizational Impacts of Technology Mapping and CTI

Posted on September 7, 2009 by gary oosta

In 1996, McGonagle and Vella (A New Archetype for Competitive Intelligence, Quorum Books, Westport Connecticut) published their thoughts on the organization of corporate intelligence.   Their thoughts are summarized in the table below.   My assessment of the impact of technology mapping … Continue reading →

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Introducing Technology Mapping and CTI

Posted on September 7, 2009 by gary oosta

Competitive technical intelligence (CTI), strategic technology analysis, technology mapping and business analytics are almost synonyms. Technology mapping is a form of business analytics. Continue reading →

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Discovering Competitive Technical Intelligence

Posted on August 27, 2009 by gary oosta

Competitive Technical Intelligence is well kept secret. I discovered CTI in the mid-1980’s by accident. This is my story. How did you discover CTI? Continue reading →

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Intelligence Alphabet Soup

Posted on August 25, 2009 by gary oosta

Defining BI, BA, CI and CTI Continue reading →

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Patent Insights

Posted on April 26, 2009 by gary oosta

Welcome to Patent Insights’ new blog. Patent Insights provides technology mapping services to help you make faster, more confident technology selection or technology investment decisions. Our custom research focuses on your new product development problem or your technology investment, licensing, … Continue reading →

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