竞争情报在知识经济时代的社会功能

竞争情报是知识经济时代为社会服务的新生事物，是为了提高竞争力、保持竞争优势而进行的一切情报活动。竞争情报具有三大要素：本组织和竞争对手、竞争环境、竞争策略。竞争情报在知识经济时代的社会功能主要体现在：1．竞争情报在组织信息化中的导向作用；2．竞争情报在企业信息化中的带头作用；3．竞争情报在知识经济中的服务作用；4．竞争情报在文化建设中的促进作用；5．竞争情报与知识服务的关联作用。

The social functions of competitive intelligence in the knowledge-based economic times

The competitive intelligence is a new thing which serves the society in the knowledge-based economic times.It refers to all kinds of activities which are carried out in order to improve competitiveness and keep competitive advantages.It has three factors: competition counterpart,competitive environment and competition strategy.Its social functions in the knowledge-based economic times are manifested in the following:(1)guiding function in the organization informationization;(2) leading function in enterprise informationization;(3) service function in the knowledge-based economy;(4) promotion function in the culture building;(5) liaison function with knowledge service.