From knowiedge management to competitive intelligence

Abstract

The first conference of the Association of Hungárián Information Brokers, estabiished in 2001, was held on 5 December 2001. The conference papers are summarized and evaluated for librarians. The information bróker offers customized information or knowiedge for his/her customers. A growing de-mand has been recorded for this type of services. The information in itself has proved to invoke a decreasing, though the knowiedge an increasing interest. An information bróker in generál becomes subject oriented, the specific fields of interest might be knowiedge management, data mining, company information, market survey, competitive intelligence etc. The market position and its environment of feebased information services, including those of the information bróker are overviewed. An insight is presented to the basíc techniques of competitive intellígence and knowiedge management.