Abstract
Trade secret management (TSM is an emerging field of research. Teaching trade secret management requires the inclusion of several challenging topics, such as how firms use secrets in open innovation and collaboration. The threshold concepts framework is an educational lens well suited for teaching subjects such as TSM that are transformative and troublesome. We identify four such areas in trade secret management and discuss how threshold concepts can be a useful framework for teaching. We then present an outline of a curriculum suited for master’s programs and training of intellectual property (IP) managers. Our main contribution is to fields of management and educational sciences, as well as those of innovation studies and jurisprudence.
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Lie, Haakon Thue; Leif Martin Hokstad; and Donal O'Connell.
2021.
"Teaching Trade Secret Management with Threshold Concepts."
Secrecy and Society
2(2).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/2377-6188.2021.020205
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/secrecyandsociety/vol2/iss2/5
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