Analysis of technological and multisectoral intelligence competitive practices used by brazilian organizations

ABSTRACT From a quantitative study with intelligence professionals from 66 brazilian organizations belonging to some of the main economic sectors of the country, it was found that not all of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) considered important by them are effectively used the development of activities and dissemination of intelligence products demanded by the strategic decision makers, except the internet. The dispersion found for the other ICTs can be associated with several factors, with particular emphasis on: the size and nature of the industrial sector of the organizations surveyed, availability of ICTs within their organization, types of defendants intelligence products, timely delivery thereof, beyond the level of knowledge, personal preferences and characteristics of the implemented intelligence activities. Data were collected through the online application of a structured questionnaire to their professional and analyzed with the help of the techniques of descriptive statistics.摘要 本研究面向隶属于巴西国内若干核心经济领域的66家机构的情报从业人员开展定量研究。结果发现，除互联网外，受访从业者认定为重要的各类信息与通信技术（Information and Communication Technologies，ICTs）并未全部有效应用于战略决策者所需的情报活动开展与情报产品的分发传播环节。其余ICT的应用分散性可归因于多重因素，其中重点包括：受访机构所属工业领域的规模与属性、机构内部ICT的可获取性、所需情报产品的类型、交付及时性，此外还涵盖从业人员的知识水平、个人偏好以及所实施情报活动的特征。本研究通过线上发放结构化问卷的方式收集从业人员相关数据，并借助描述性统计技术完成数据分析。