Lemmer, Catherine A.2013-06-212013-06-212012Lemmer, Catherine A. "Locating Company Information for Business Development and Due Diligence Purposes." In Find it Free and Fast on the Net : Strategies for Legal Research on the Web, 101-116. Eau Claire, Wis.: National Business Institute, 2012.https://hdl.handle.net/1805/3348Due to an increasingly competitive business environment, lawyers need to systematically identify, collect, and analyze external information for use in organizational decision making. This systematic process commonly known as “competitive intelligence” is “garnering resources within law firms and is now seen as a useful business tool.” Lawyers are interested in gathering and analyzing industry data to better represent current clients and to develop new business from existing and prospective clients. In addition, lawyers are interested in understanding what is going on with their legal service provider competitors.en-USlegal research, due diligence, business developmentBusiness intelligenceLegal research -- Computer network resourcesBook chapter