The legality of investigation means that the means and contents of investigation must be legal, and illegal technical means and taboo items of investigation are prohibited.
Business intelligence survey
Including: business intelligence tracking research and investigation; Investigation on the development trend of industrial layout; Feasibility evaluation and investigation of project establishment;
Commercial risk investigation
Including: business risk control planning survey; Marketing network supervision and evaluation survey, business competitor competition strategy survey, etc. ;
Trademark counterfeiting investigation
Including: brand maintenance principal-agent investigation; Investigation on fraudulent use of registered trademarks; Channels to investigate and deal with fake and inferior commodities, etc. ;
Patent infringement investigation
Including: investigation on market protection of patented products; Investigate intellectual property infringement claims; Patent application agency supervision and investigation, etc.
Capital credit survey
Including: the trend survey of credit evaluation funds; Commercial account claim investigation; Investigation on hidden property before and after litigation;
Employee loyalty survey
Including: pre-job background investigation of enterprise employees; Due diligence and loyalty investigation of on-the-job employees; Investigation on employee job-hopping and non-competition, etc. ;
Business trap investigation
Including: investigation on preventing commercial cooperation fraud; Supervise and investigate engineering quality standards; Follow-up investigation of commercial fraud, etc. ;
Investigate insurance fraud and loan fraud
Including: insurance claims fraud investigation; Tracking and investigating bank loan fraud funds; Financial securities fraud confirmation investigation and so on.
Business investigation should also include all kinds of legal civil investigation and evidence collection services for personal information, as well as public opinion surveys or public service surveys entrusted by government departments.
—— The above is quoted from "Research on the Definition and Business Orientation of Commercial Investigation" by Chen Dianbao on September 27th, 2006.
Investigation companies can be divided into commercial investigation companies and civil investigation companies according to their main business projects.
A business investigation company refers to an investigation institution engaged in business investigation, mainly including business investigation companies, market investigation companies, anti-counterfeiting investigation companies, intellectual property protection companies, business information consulting companies, insurance fraud investigation companies, anti-commercial fraud companies, economic information investigation companies and public opinion investigation companies. The clients of business investigation companies are industrial and commercial enterprises, government departments, social organizations and other institutions, and only accept business investigation entrustment. Commercial investigation companies usually do not accept the entrustment of individual customers to investigate personal affairs.
Civil investigation companies refer to institutions that provide civil investigation services, mainly including civil investigation companies, social affairs investigation companies, personal information investigation companies and extramarital affairs investigation companies. Civil investigation companies provide individuals with investigation services related to personal affairs.
Investigation company is different from private detective and private detective agency. Investigation companies include private detectives and private detective agencies. It can be said that private detectives and private detective agencies are both investigation companies, but private investigation companies can be divided into commercial investigation companies and civil investigation companies according to their main business projects.
—— The above is quoted from Introduction to Concept Understanding and Conventional Classification of Survey Companies.