Cyber espionage has become a common method for states to gather confidential information in cyberspace. The vast interconnectedness of the Internet provides a target-rich environment for states to engage in low-risk collection of large amounts of data at an unprecedented speed and scale. Cyber...

Intelligence scholars are drawing on behavioural decision theory to improve decision-making under risk and uncertainty in intelligence and counterintelligence. Such an undertaking is essentially lacking without the Austrian school’s concepts of knowledge, discovery, (entrepreneurial)...

Ungeachtet des allgemein enorm hohen Schadenspotenzials von wirtschaftskriminellen Handlungen stehen entsprechende Phänomene - im Verhältnis zu anderen Formen der Kriminalität - im Rahmen wissenschaftlicher Forschung nur selten im Fokus. Selbiges gilt auch für die Gruppe der kleinen und...

Espionage poses a threat to national security and the private property rights of Americans. The government should address the threat of espionage in a manner whereby the benefits of government actions taken to reduce it outweigh the costs of those actions. To aid in that goal, this policy...

We empirically test whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) engages in ethnic prejudice against Chinese in its prosecutorial decisions under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996. Using data of EEA cases from November 1996 to June 2021, we conduct Becker’s outcome test for evidence of...

We empirically test whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) engages in ethnic prejudice against Chinese in its prosecutorial decisions under the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996. Using data of EEA cases from November 1996 to June 2021, we conduct Becker's outcome test for evidence of ethnic...

We analyze spying out a rival’s price in a Bertrand market game with incomplete information. Spying transforms a simultaneous into a robust sequential moves game. We provide conditions for profitable espionage. The spied at firm may attempt to immunize against spying by delaying its pricing...

In the wake of cyberattacks against corporations, directors are expected to have become well aware of the fact that cybersecurity is a critical part of the corporate framework. Cybersecurity may be defined as the processes and technologies construed to protect computers, computer hardware,...

We analyze spying out a rival's price in a Bertrand market game with incomplete information. Spying transforms a simultaneous into a robust sequential moves game. We provide conditions for profitable espionage. The spied at firm may attempt to immunize against spying by delaying its pricing...

In the context of a duopoly market, firms can learn about unobservable demand from two sources: conducting market research, and spying on their competitor's market research results. In the unique linear equilibrium firms pick an action which is a weighted average of the market research signal...

Information cascades occur when decision-makers beyond some point in a decision-making sequence find that it is optimal to follow the decision that others have taken even if their own private information indicates a contrary course of action. Information cascades are studied because they can...

In 1996, Congress passed the Economic Espionage Act (EEA), 18 U.S.C. Sections 1831 and 1832, to help thwart attempts by foreign entities intent on stealing U.S. proprietary information and trade secrets. Despite the passage of the EEA almost twenty years ago, if recent statistics are to be...

In this paper, we investigate the economic returns to industrial espionage by linking information from East Germany's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based on a dataset that comprises the entire flow of...

The Protocol amending the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters will lead to substantially more transnational identity theft, crime, industrial espionage, financial fraud, and the suppression of political opponents and religious or ethnic minorities by...

In this paper, we investigate the economic returns to industrial espionage by linking information from East Germany's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based on a dataset that comprises the entire flow of...

In this paper, we investigate the economic returns to industrial espionage by linking information from East Germany's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based on a dataset that comprises the entire flow of...

In this paper, we investigate the economic returns to industrial espionage by linking information from East Germany's foreign intelligence service to sector-specific gaps in total factor productivity (TFP) between West and East Germany. Based on a dataset that comprises the entire flow of...

Cybersicherheit ist entscheidend für eine erfolgreiche digitale Transformation. Das volle Potenzial digitaler Technologien kann nur ausgeschöpft werden, wenn Institutio-nen, Unternehmen und Privatpersonen sich auf die Sicherheit ihrer Daten und Systeme verlassen können. Bislang ist das nicht...

For decades, the American intelligence community has adhered to a norm against spying for the sake of enriching private firms. More recently, the norm has figured in a prominent presidential directive as well as in various international agreements. But notwithstanding its durability and its...

With the passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, and the expected signing of the legislation by President Obama, trade secret law as we know it is changing. While the DTSA is largely based upon the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, it raises a number of unique and interesting issues that will...

In this Article, I consider the problem of economic cyber espionage that targets the intellectual property of global corporations. The core claim of the article is that the TRIPS agreement, which is the World Trade Organization agreement dealing with intellectual property, should be interpreted...

Canadian law provides little protection for individuals and corporations against industrial espionage. Akin to the United States' Economic Espionage Act of 1996 - with its broad definition of “trade secret” and accompanying protections and remedies - we propose that Canada enact legislation...

Pour comprendre la guerre économique sans merci dans laquelle nous sommes plongés, parfois désarmés, cet ouvrage envisage de présenter la réflexion de l'école française de la guerre économique à partir de quelques concepts clés (guerre économique, guerre cognitive, intelligence...

Data mining and big business -- The usefulness of data mining -- The disadvantages of data mining -- What the future holds -- Data mining timeline -- Glossary -- Further information -- Bibilography -- Index -- About the author

So unstrittig die gewaltigen Vorteile und Wohlstandsgewinne sind, welche uns die zunehmende Verflechtung der Weltwirtschaft in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten beschert hat, so töricht wäre es zu leugnen, daß der weltweite Handel auch negative Seiten besitzt - und die Gemüter spaltet, Ängste...

В статье рассмотрена необходимость создания такого структурного элемента обеспечения экономической безопасности на предприятии, как подразделение...

In article reviewed by need of creation of such structural element of ensuring economic safety at the enterprise, as division of competitive investigation.

This articles analyzes the growth and practice of intellectual capital and competitive intelligence, two industry practices that have received increasing attention over the last decade. Related in their conceptual structure, the two fields also interact in terms of the benefits and costs of...

Industrial espionage has been the name of the game for quite a while now. Different tactics are being utilized by companies to undermine attacks to their rivals in the business world. Industrial spies also take advantage of all the weak points in a company's security systems. Different...