日本的经营者把情报称为“第四种经营资源”,并把它与粮食、天然资源相提并论。那么,企业究竟需要什么情报呢?据认为,企业一般需要以下三方面的情报。(1)企业内部情报——销售预测、财务计划、供给能、消费需求等等;(2)与企业经营环境有关的各种情报——经济动向、政府的政策方针、社会动向、 Japanese operators call intelligence the “fourth operating resource” and compare it with food and natural resources. So, what exactly is the intelligence business needs? It is believed that companies generally need the following three aspects of intelligence. (1) internal information of the enterprise - sales forecast, financial plan, supply capacity, consumer demand and so on; (2) various information related to the business environment of the enterprise - economic trends, government policies and policies, social trends,