Market globalization and fast technological change drive organizations to apply information management systems that allow them to analyze information and convert it into intelligence. Because of this, companies need to manage information for decision making. This process is complex, beginning at the level of the company's strategy, and reaching all the way to manufacturing strategy, with the creation, development and deployment of the technological capabilities needed for quick and flexible responses to customers and market situations and their changes. The information can be gathered and managed through several models, mainly, competitive intelligence, knowledge management and intellectual capital. This article presents an investigation using a methodology of structural equation modeling for the identification of the intelligence factors, to evaluate their relative importance and relationships with the innovation capability of Mexican companies. The empirical results show that the relationship between competitive intelligence and the innovation capability is indirect, with knowledge management as a mediating factor.

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竞争情报对创新能力的影响：墨西哥公司的一项探索性研究

市场全球化和快速的技术变革促使组织应用信息管理系统，使他们能够分析信息并将其转换为情报。因此，公司需要管理信息以进行决策。这个过程很复杂，从公司战略层面开始，一直到制造战略，一直到创建，开发和部署快速，灵活地响应客户和市场状况及其变化所需的技术能力。可以通过几种模式来收集和管理信息，主要是竞争情报，知识管理和智力资本。本文介绍了一项使用结构方程建模的方法进行的调查，旨在识别智能因素，评估它们的相对重要性以及与墨西哥公司创新能力的关系。实证结果表明，以知识管理为中介，竞争情报与创新能力之间是间接的关系。