Competitive Intelligence (CI) involves the early identification of
potential risks and opportunities by gathering and analyzing
information about the environment to support managers in making
strategic decisions for an enterprise [33]. Most firms realize the
importance of CI in enterprise risk management and decision support,
and invest a large amount of money in CI. A survey from the American
Futures Group consulting firm indicates that 82% of large enterprises
and over 90% of the Forbes top 500 global firms adopt CI for risk
management and decisions. By the end of the 20th century, the overall
production value of CI industry had reached 70 billion U.S. dollars