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EDITOR’S NOTE              VOL 6, NO 1 (2016) 
 
 
 
 
The width and scope of intelligence studies in business 
 
If the last issue of JISIB was a special issue where the discipline was reflecting on itself, then 
this issues shows some of the width and scope of the field. The conceptual article by Nienaber 
and Sewdass presents a relatively new concept of workforce intelligence, and links it to 
competitive advantage by way of predictive analytics. The article by Solberg Søilen is an 
attempt to lay out a broad scientific agenda for the area of intelligence studies in business. 
Empirical findings come from a survey, but in the discussion the author argues for why the 
study should define itself as much broader than what the survey data implies, breaking out of 
the current dominating scientific paradigm. The article by Fourati-Jamoussi and Niamba is 
an updated evaluation of business intelligence tools, a frequently reoccurring topic. However, 
this time it is not a simple evaluation of existing software, but an evaluation by users to help 
designers of business intelligence tools get the best efficiency out of a monitoring process. The 
article by Calof is an evaluation of government sponsored competitive intelligence for regional 
and sectoral economic development in Canada. The article concludes that it is possible to 
calculate positive economic impacts from these activities. Rodríguez Salvador and Hernandez 
de Menéndez come back to a field that has become a specialty for Rodríguez Salvador: 
scientific and industrial intelligence based on scientometric patent analysis. This time she 
looks at bio-additive manufacturing using advanced data mining software and interviews with 
experts.   
 
As always, we would above all like to thank the authors for their contributions to this issue of 
JISIB. 
 
On behalf of the Editorial Board, 
 
Sincerely Yours, 

 
Prof. Dr. Klaus Solberg Søilen 
Halmstad University, Sweden 
Editor-in-chief 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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