Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify and design a paradigm model for universities' information acquisition behavior in competitive intelligence process.

Design/methodology/approach

The sampling has been conducted in two stages. First, purposive sampling has been done among Iranian universities of medical sciences. Second, 20 university staff members were selected using the snowball method. The research was conducted through semi-structured interviews.

Findings

The purpose of acquiring information in competitive intelligence process is to meet organizational and individual information needs in active and passive ways. The characteristics of information acquisition and how to acquire it are varied. Enablers include the information sources, individual, organizational characteristics and environmental pressures. Barriers are individual, organizational, environmental factors. The consequences of information acquisition are success, failure and partial success. Accordingly, a paradigm model of information behavior has been designed.

Originality/value

This is the first study to identify information behavior of universities in competitive intelligence process. In addition to why and how to acquire information, this study also looks at facilitators and barriers factors.

中文翻译：

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识别竞争情报过程中的信息行为：医学大学的范式模型

目的

本文的目的是识别和设计大学在竞争情报过程中信息获取行为的范式模型。

设计/方法论/途径

抽样工作分两个阶段进行。首先，在伊朗医学大学中进行了有目的的抽样。其次，通过滚雪球的方式选拔了20名大学教职员。该研究是通过半结构化访谈进行的。

发现

竞争情报过程获取信息的目的是为了主动和被动地满足组织和个人的信息需求。信息获取的特点以及获取信息的方式是多种多样的。促成因素包括信息来源、个人、组织特征和环境压力。障碍是个人、组织、环境因素。信息获取的后果有成功、失败和部分成功。据此，设计了信息行为范式模型。

原创性/价值

这是第一项识别大学在竞争情报过程中信息行为的研究。除了为什么以及如何获取信息之外，本研究还探讨了促进因素和障碍因素。