Are your secrets safe? Knowledge protection in strategic alliances

The long-term risk to a business in the event that alliance partners gain access to and actively use its core knowledge in a competitive challenge is discussed. A firm must decide what parts of the company's knowledge must remain within its own private domain, as well as how to ensure that it i...

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Published in:Business horizons 2001-11, Vol.44 (6), p.51-60
Main Author: Norman, Patricia M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Alliances (Government relations)
Analysis
Competitive advantage
Computer industry
Computer software industry
Computers
Contract agreement
Contracts
Human resource management
Knowledge management
Management research
Microcomputer industry
Organization theory
Patent/copyright issue
Software
Software industry
Software quality
Software/hardware leasing
Studies
Trade secrets
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Summary:The long-term risk to a business in the event that alliance partners gain access to and actively use its core knowledge in a competitive challenge is discussed. A firm must decide what parts of the company's knowledge must remain within its own private domain, as well as how to ensure that it is actually protected. There is also the danger of inadvertent or indirect sharing of knowledge and capabilities. Effective protection has less to do with restricting actions or carefully prescribing punishment than with educating the employees who are to interact with the alliance partner(s).
ISSN:0007-6813
1873-6068
DOI:10.1016/S0007-6813(01)80073-2