a model describing intelligence in parent companies

due to key role of parent companies in directing subsidiaries and their huge under-management investments, awareness of changes in external environment as well as sufficient feel of subsidiaries are very crucial in group overall success. so it is essential that the research area of intelligence which was conventionally centralized around single-business companies emerges this time with regard to parent companies environmental implications and their interrelated information needs called in this article as parental intelligence or corporate parent intelligence which studying its dimensions and elements are targeted here. the population of the study in qualitative segment includes academics and executive proficients and in quantitative segment includes experts and managers of parent companies and other knowledgeable individuals. the qualitative method used is content analysis and confirmatory factor analysis is exploited in quantitative area. the results of research ultimately confirmed 32 elements in 6 groups contributing to parental intelligence.