economy in international relations, from the end of the Second World War to the early stages of globalization, were changing the notion of conflict itself, the economic war which, unlike traditional war, implies actions that are frequently invisible and decisive. geo-economy is maintaining old rivalry among nations using economic means instead of military ones, geo-economy measures progress considering the performance of a product in the market instead of focusing on the advance of a military force on the map. Economic wars become an integral part of the economic fact. Economics and politics joined in new war scenarios far from traditional military conflicts. As new scenarios, they become more and more complex. These new wars become increasingly sophisticated as “the analysis of economic strategies – especially commercial ones – designed by the States within the context of those policies aimed at safeguarding national economies. Mastering certain key technologies and/or conquering certain sectors of world market. A power that would be exerted according to the “soft power”. The soft power strategy needed new techniques. One of them, old as the war arts, was the use of intelligence services. In order to anticipate the enemy, it was necessary to know its strategy and movements in advance. Therefore, it was necessary to find new methods in line with the new times. Economic intelligence strongly emerged as the use of intelligence services in the economic sector. The States needed to know what to do in the new global world that was approaching. Intelligence activities took a new turn with the emergence of the concept “economic intelligence” as a set of coordinated actions for investigating, processing and distributing information in order to make economic decisions in the field of economy. The defense of economic interests, on the one hand, and the need to achieve economic advantages against competitors – at state or business level – have been a decisive driving force for the development of powerful economic intelligence tools at the service of national interests and powerful transnational companies which nowadays control the global economic scene. with the Bretton Woods Agreements, a new world economic order was emerging. This new world order was controlled by the US and this fact worried Servan-Schreiber. The ongoing economic globalization is a movement, perhaps spontaneous, by which nations have become increasingly interdependent. Geo-economies current situation is marked by the convergence of political interests and dominance of markets. Previous military actions led to more sophisticated efforts; strategic capital investments, manufacture and technological innovations of interest for the state, a leading position in the markets instead of invading territories, devaluation of foreign currencies and other similar actions mark current strategies. At present, knowledge is necessary to anticipate the moves of countries and businesses. Currently, intelligence is one of the keys, i.e. structured knowledge for decision-making. Hence, economic intelligence is essential for businesses and institutions in geoeconomics dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/libro/551551.pdf
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