Jurnal Scientia Indonesia 8(2) 147 Available online at https://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/jsi/index Competitive Intelligence Failure and Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: A Study of Businesses in Port Harcourt City Ngboawaji Daniel Nte Department of Intelligence and Security Studies, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, Nigeria. profdnte@novenauniversity.edu.ng Kenneth Nduka Omede Department of Business Administration, Novena University, Ogume, Delta State, Nigeria. omesco63@gmail.com Abstract In today’s business world, the role of competitive intelligence in the growth and survival of business enterprises cannot be overemphasised. This reality stems largely from the backdrop of the cohesive and Research Article Jurnal Scientia Indonesia 2022, Vol. 8(2) 147-176 © The Author(s) 2022 10.15294/jsi.v8i2.36830 This journal has been accredited by Ministry of Education, Culture, Research & Technology of Republic Indonesia (Rank SINTA 6). Published by: All writings published in this journal are personal views of the author(s) and do not represent the views of this journal and the author’s affiliated institutions. Author(s) retain copyrights under the license of Creative Common Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) History of Manuscript Submitted : January 15, 2022 Revised 1 : March 21, 2022 Revised 2 : June 27, 2022 Accepted : August 10, 2022 Online since : October 30, 2022