We Never Expected That - A Comparative Study of Failures in National and Business Intelligence

The basic premise of this book is that in both fields, national and business, intelligence gathered about adversaries or competitors regarding changes in the external environment support the decision-making process. In both fields the subject has been studied within its own framework without comparative analysis or mutual learning.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Surprise and Intelligence Failure
Chapter 2: National Intelligence Failures
Chapter 3: Intelligence Failures in Business
Chapter 4: Test Case: The First Palestinian Intifada
Chapter 5: Test Case: The Financial Crisis of 2008
Chapter 6: Test Case: The September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the United States
Chapter 7: Test Case: IBM: How Did One of the Largest Global Corporations Almost Collapse?
Chapter 8: Mutual Learning: Discussion
Chapter 9: Conclusion

About the author

By Avner Barnea

Summary

The basic premise of this book is that in both fields, national and business, intelligence gathered about adversaries or competitors regarding changes in the external environment support the decision-making process. In both fields the subject has been studied within its own framework without comparative analysis or mutual learning.

Product details

• Authors: Avner Barnea
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781793619884
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-988-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Comparative Politics, Espionage & secret services, History of specific companies / corporate history