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Supplier Relationships and the Trade Secrets Dilemma
Author(s) -
Budden Michael C.,
Jones Michael A.,
Budden Connie B.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of purchasing and materials management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.75
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1745-493X
pISSN - 1055-6001
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-493x.1996.tb00285.x
Subject(s) - misappropriation , business , purchasing , interdependence , dilemma , trade secret , marketing , industrial organization , intellectual property , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , operating system , political science , law
Increasingly, purchasing managers are finding that they are gatekeepers of valuable information for which adequate security must be provided. As relationships between purchasers and suppliers become increasingly interdependent through partnering arrangements, the need to document and provide adequate security increases. The authors believe that with recent trends in supplier relations, purchasing managers must take a proactive approach to provide for the safety of their firms' proprietary information. This article explores the trade‐secrets problem facing managers, and suggests a program for reducing the risks of information misappropriation.