Conclusion
Issues of research and competitive and strategic intelligence

In the face of technological, societal and environmental change, companies and the world of research are aware that innovation is a vital asset. The opening up of research, in the sense of open access policies to scientific publications and research data, and new forms of academic and industrial collaboration, both national and international, encourage synergies and the pooling of skills and know-how.

Data exploitation is at the heart of all expectations and concerns. As a result, research governance and the business world have implemented a global approach to economic and strategic intelligence. This enables us to gain a thorough understanding of the competitive environment, to deduce the opportunities to be exploited, to anticipate risks and threats as effectively as possible, and therefore to have the best means of responding to them and adapting our actions...