Industrial Espionage and Productivity

Industrial Espionage with a Noisy Intelligence

We analyze industrial espionage in a model of two firms: a monopoly incumbent, M, and a potential entrant, E, who owns a noisy intelligence system (IS) of a certain precisionα . The IS generates a signal on M’s action and E decides whether or not to enter based on this signal. We show that ifα is commonly known, M is the one who benefits from a perfect IS and E who spies on M prefers a less acc...

Industrial Espionage from Residual Data: Risks and Countermeasures

This paper outlines the possible recovery of potentially sensitive corporate information from residual data. It outlines previous work on the recovery of information contained on second hand hard disks and handheld devices and discusses the risk of individuals conducting industrial espionage by targeting specific organizations. It examines the possible avenues for an attacker to obtain a storag...

Enlightened Secrets: Silk, Intelligent Travel, and Industrial Espionage in Eighteenth-Century France

Industrial Productivity Convergence in China

This paper examines the convergence process of industrial productivity between Chinese regions. Both σ and β convergences are investigated using a panel data set of 30 provinces and autonomous regions over the period 1985-1999. Unconditional σ and β convergence methods fail to detect productivity convergence over the whole sample period, although they suggest convergence during a sub-period 198...

Industrial Robot Technology and Productivity Improvement

Robots have received a great deal of publicity recently. The movie “Star Wars” and several television series such as “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman” have raised the consciousness of the public to the subject of robots. The enormous influx of foreign cars manufactured in part by robots has aroused awareness of the press and many politicians to the fact that robots can have a ...