Reflections on the Canadian Government in competitive intelligence – programs and impacts
Reflections on the Canadian Government in competitive intelligence – programs and impacts
复制标题
对加拿大政府在竞争情报方面的思考——计划和影响
作者：
J. Calof
目的
本文旨在提出一个分类方案，并利用它对加拿大政府(联邦和省级)竞争情报(CI)项目进行分类，并考察这些项目对部门和地区经济发展的影响。
设计/方法/方法
根据作者25年来设计、运行和研究加拿大政府CI项目的经验，我们开发并使用了一种分类方案来对这些项目进行分类。此外，通过使用项目审查信息，本文考察了项目对区域和部门经济发展的影响的证据。
发现
这份白皮书确定了广泛的联邦和省赞助的CI项目，旨在帮助政府官员和部门外的人做出更好的决策。审查确定了政府在使用CI方面可以扮演的几个角色：CI的创造者(为自己的目的和帮助加拿大公司)、CI环境技能建设者(帮助加拿大公司发展自己的CI技能)和CI合作伙伴(与加拿大公司合作开发CI)。虽然对加拿大政府部门和机构赞助的CI项目进行的正式项目审查不多，但坊间证据(来自培训项目参与者评估)和对基于CI的小型社区经济发展项目的全面审查支持了这些项目产生的积极部门和地区经济发展成果。
实际含义
传播和信息计划可作为政府区域和部门经济发展方法的一部分。CI可用于协助政府内部和外部的决策。本文确定了几种可用于推进政府经济发展议程的不同类型的计划。
原创性/价值
很少有文章研究政府如何帮助企业发展竞争情报以及它们如何利用竞争情报，也没有一篇文章研究这些对区域和部门经济发展的影响。本文根据作者的经验，对加拿大的项目及其对地区/部门经济发展的影响进行了分析。
Purpose
This paper aims to present a categorization scheme and use it to classify Canadian Government (federal and provincial) competitive intelligence (CI) programs and to also look at the impact of these programs on sectoral and regional economic development.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on the author’s 25 years of experience designing, running, and studying Canadian Government CI programs, a classification scheme to classify these programs has been developed and used. Also, by using program review information, this paper looks at evidence for program impact on regional and sectoral economic development.
Findings
This paper identifies a broad range of federal and provincially sponsored CI programs aimed at helping both government officers and those outside the department make better decisions. The review identified several roles that the government can play in using CI: creator of CI (both for their own purposes and also for helping Canadian companies), CI environment skills builder (helping Canadian companies develop skills in developing their own CI) and CI partner (working jointly with Canadian companies in developing CI). While there have not been many formal program reviews of the CI programs sponsored by Canadian Government departments and agencies, anecdotal evidence (from training program participant evaluations) and a comprehensive review of a small community CI-based economic development program support positive sectoral and regional economic development results arising from these programs.
Practical implications
CI programs can be used as part of a government’s regional and sectoral economic development approach. CI can be used to assist with decision-making both within and outside the government. This paper identifies several different kinds of programs that can be used to further a government’s economic development agenda.
Originality/value
There are very few articles that examine how governments have helped companies to develop CI and how they have used CI, and none has looked at the impact of these on regional and sectoral economic development. This paper, based on the author’s experiences, provides a view of the Canadian programs and their impact on regional/sectoral economic development.