국내 기업의 경쟁정보활동에 관한 현황조사

We investigates the current status of competitive intelligence(CI) of Korean firms. At this point in time, when researchers show an increasing interest in CI of Korean firms, it is important to clearly examine and understand its current status for more meaningful and rigorous future studies. We identifies and analyzes four CI areas (process, method, infrastructure, and effectiveness) and various elements within respective CI areas. Some key results of this survey are as follows: 1) the level of CI of Korean firms is about the average; 2) Korean firms' utilization of public information collected through various media is higher in amount than those of private information collected through humans; 3) about 11 percent of sample firms possess independent CI units; 4) the top management team of Korean firms has a fairly strong interest in CI, but it is short of an effort to materialize it in the organization; 5) Korean firms tend to view CI activities as something neutral, neither too open nor too closed; 6) CI of Korean firms contributes rather significantly to the understanding of external environments and decision-makings; 7) firm size and environmental uncertainty have a substantial influence on CI of Korean firms. We offers various academic and practical contributions and implications.