Competitive IntelligenceVera Keown, Technical Research Analyst Vera Keown is currently a Technical Research Analyst with the NRC Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC-CISTI), providing competitive technical intelligence to Biomedical Commercialization Canada, Inc. Ms. Keown was previously the head of NRC-CISTI's Information Centre in Winnipeg, and supported the research and business activities of the NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics and Manitoba industry via the NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). Over the last five years, Ms Keown has been providing business and competitive technical intelligence services to Manitoba SMEs working with NRC-IRAP. A brief description of CTI:
CISTI's competitive technical intelligence (CTI) program experts locate, distil, analyze and apply information you need - information about scientific or technical threats, opportunities or developments relating to your business decisions. CTI is a proven aid to making more effective decisions and taking better actions in funding R&D projects and for technology transfer and commercialization activities.
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