中文摘要：

从中小企业竞争情报和产业竞争情报两个视角研究竞争情报是否可以成为公共产品的问题。对湖南省科学技术信息研究所、香港贸发局商贸资讯中心、加拿大商务专员服务处等国内外机构的业务解析发现，提供竞争情报公共产品已经是客观存在。根据公共产品的判据，围绕目标研究内容是否为竞争情报以及是否为公共产品两个关键点，研究竞争情报公共产品的理论基础。研究发现，在一定约束条件下，竞争情报具有明确的公共产品属性，竞争情报可以是公共产品的观点既有理论依据，又有实践佐证。服务于中小企业、服务于产业竞争是竞争情报公共产品理论研究与实践应用需求最强劲的两个领域。研究认为，面向社会需求提供竞争情报公共产品，是经费充裕时代公益性科技情报机构和公益性图书馆的业务创新方向。

英文摘要：

Studies on the topic that if competitive intelligence （CI） can be provided for users as public products in two angles of both SMEs CI and industry CI. Fact that CI could be provided for users as public products are verified when studies three cases： Institute of Scientific ＆ Technical Information of Hunan Province of China, the Business Information Centre of Hong Kong Trade Development Council （HKTDC）, and the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service （TCS）. According to the criterion of public products, focusing on two points： it the target issues are CI products or public products, the paper studies on the theoretical based on CI public products. Findings verified that CI can be provided for users as public products in certain conditions, SMEs CI and industrial CI are two major fields for CI public products theoretical research and application, public institutes of scientific ＆ technical information and public libraries should be two major provider institutions of CI public products.