Using Industry Analysis for Strategic Intelligence: Capabilities and Strategic Intent

In Chuck Howe’s “Using Industry Analysis for Strategic Intelligence: Capabilities and Strategic Intent,” the author argues that the Intelligence Community should evaluate globalization as a strategic factor affecting interdependencies between nations. He outlines a variety of industry analysis techniques—including the Five Forces Model, the External Environment Model, and the Value Chain Model—that could be valuable to analysts. Using the semiconductor industry as a case study, Howe illustrates methods that analysts should use in deriving strategic insights from industrial capability.