Hedieh Nasheri investigates the current state of industrial espionage, revealing the far-reaching effects of advances in computing and wireless communications, in view of the recent revolution in information technology. Synthesizing perspectives from leading national and international authorities, Nasheri analyzes the historical and conceptual foundations of economic espionage, trade secret thefts, and industrial spying. She demonstrates how these activities impact society, and tracks the...
An analytic assessment of the changing nature of crime in the burgeoning information society.
1Dimensions of economic espionage and the criminalization of trade secret theft12Transition to an information society - increasing interconnections and interdependence303International dimensions of business and commerce494Competitiveness and legal collection versus espionage and economic crime725Tensions between security and openness956The new rule for keeping secrets - the economic espionage act1247Multinational conspiracy or natural evolution of market economy170