In the company of spies: When competitive intelligence gathering becomes industrial espionage

Business Horizons

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Crane, Andrew ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Competitors; Industrial espionage; Information and communication technology; Intelligence gathering; Market research

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544374555     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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