Competitive intelligence is goal-oriented monitoring of the competitive environment where organizations operate and compete with the aim of strategic decision making. The ability to collect, analyze and review the environmental information of competitors, customers, suppliers and trends in the competitive intelligence market is called “systematic process”. Iran consists of several subcultures; therefore, attaining cultural intelligence is considered a functional skill to acquire and improve. In this regard, the question to pose is whether cultural intelligence influences competitive intelligence? This study concerns the concepts of cultural intelligence and competitive intelligence and their relationship in Iranian knowledge-based organizations. Moreover, it tries to expand the knowledge boundaries in this field. Indeed, this study is an applied research paper carried out by survey. The research data were collected through non-random sampling of knowledge-based companies from the research population using a questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, LisreL and SmartPls software was used in structural equation method, and to calculate the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach's alpha test was employed. The results show that cultural intelligence has an impact on the competitive intelligence of knowledge-based organizations in Iran, and in order to enjoy competitive intelligence, it is essential to benefit from cultural intelligence.
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