Book Chapter
In this chapter, the authors look at how business secrets, which include but are not limited to trade secrets and sensitive information, can create value to organisations, and they also look at how they increase value for them. The authors consider both monetary and non-monetary benefits. The authors consider the forms of business secrets that create value, and how organisations can identify and manage them.
The authors provide some example approaches for organisations to develop valuations for IP assets, including business secrets.
Finally, the authors also consider the associated downsides of business secrets—the associated costs to maintain, and potential costs of loss.
In this chapter, the authors' initial focus is the corporate context, looking later to the context of Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) and Independent Research Organisations (IROs).
