The skills of competitive intelligence practitioners: complementing the cycle of competitive intelligence

Essentially, this paper endeavours to explore the specific skills that would make up the skills sets for
the competitive intelligence practitioners throughout the competitive intelligence phases for the
product of competitive advantage. Thus, by outlining the competitive intelligence skills based on the
competitive intelligence cycle, the readers will be served with a larger depiction of competitive
intelligence in view of the fact that processes and activities cannot be conducted without prior
existence of competencies and proficiencies.