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Article: Uncovering trade secrets: the legal and ethical conundrum of creative competitive intelligence.
- Article from:
- SAM Advanced Management Journal
- Article date:
- June 22, 2003
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Introduction
Acquiring Competitive intelligence (CI) is an important strategic activity designed to help organizations assess emerging trends in their business environments and the capabilities and threats posed by their competitors (Kahaner, 1996; Fitzpatrick, 2000; Fuld, 1985, 1995; Fitzpatrick and Burke, 2001). To facilitate their assessment activities, CI practitioners often attempt to secure information on the strategic capabilities, intellectual properties, product formulations, technological processes, business plans, and potential threats posed by competitors to their employers (Kahaner, 1996; Wright and Roy, 1999; Fitzpatrick, 2000). Advance knowledge of ...