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.
Highlights
Background and ContextNew Legislation and Teaching Challenges Trade secrets are often used together with other mechanisms, such as patents and copyright, to control innovation
In the previous section of this article, we described how the teaching of trade secrets is an ambiguous and complex discipline, and how the threshold concepts framework may be used as a lens through which to describe and analyze
We have demonstrated that four central issues in the teaching of trade secret management can be viewed through the lens of threshold concepts, and be used to open the field to learners
Summary
Background and ContextNew Legislation and Teaching Challenges Trade secrets are often used together with other mechanisms, such as patents and copyright, to control innovation. Lie et al.: Teaching Trade Secret Management with Threshold Concepts Teaching trade secret management requires the inclusion of several challenging topics, such as how firms use secrets in open innovation and collaboration.
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