Babette Bensoussan is an author and competitive intelligence specialist, who has written several books on competitive intelligence and analysis. She runs a consulting firm based in Sydney, Australia, The MindShifts Group Pty. Ltd. Babette now lives with her husband on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia.
Bensoussan was a founder and vice-president for the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) in Australia, a member of the Journal of Competitive Intelligence and Management and Competitive Intelligence Review editorial boards. She has taught undergraduate, MBA and executive courses on competitive analysis and intelligence at the Sydney Graduate School of Management and Bond University. Her work has also focused on business model analysis, competitive positioning analysis, four corners analysis,[1] and shadowing.[2]
2008 Analysis without Paralysis, with Craig Fleisher (FT Press)
2007 Business and Competitive Analysis: Effective Application of New and Classic Methods, with Craig Fleisher (FT Press)
2007 Staying Ahead of the Competition: How Firms Really Manage Their Competitive Intelligence and Knowledge—Evidence from a Decade of Rapid Change, with C. Hall (World Scientific)
2003 Strategic and Competitive Analysis: Methods and Techniques for Analyzing Business Competition, with Craig Fleisher (Prentice Hall)
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^"Fellows Award". www.scip.org. Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
^"Past Alumni Awards". www.mgsm.edu.au. MGSM. Retrieved 22 October 2015. The award has been created to recognise a member of the alumni who has made an outstanding contribution to their field of endeavour[permanent dead link]
^"Meritorious Award". www.scip.org. Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
