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It reports research on environmental scanning, information-seeking behaviour and BI implementation and practice in large organizations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as in the cultural sector. It describes governmental efforts to support disseminating and implementing BI practices especially in SMEs; in particular, the Qu\u00e9bec Government\u2019s Fonds de Partenariat Sectoriel Volet IV: Veilles Concurrentielles, a unique and innovative governmental programme which sponsored the development of BI centres. Finally, it provides an overview of current activities in training and research in BI. It concludes by indicating areas for improvement and development, with an emphasis on the need to develop a better understanding of information-seeking behaviour in SMEs and to develop an information model of organizations specific to SMEs. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/016555150002600305","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2004,12,18]],"date-time":"2004-12-18T01:36:35Z","timestamp":1103333795000},"page":"153-160","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Regional business intelligence: the view from Canada"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Pierrette","family":"Bergeron","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Canada,"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2000,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"atypb1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"[1] P. Bergeron, Vielle Strat\u00e9gique et PME. 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