Corporate Intelligence and Espionage: A Blueprint for Executive Decision Making

New York - London: Macmillan Publishing Company - Collier MacMillan Publishers, 1984. Second printing. Part of Programs for Studies of the Modern Corporation. Rust buckram (cloth) boards, black embossed cover and spine titles, program colophon, fine. Pages fine. Dj fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Here is the first book to offer a detailed account of why the corporation needs an intelligence operation to survive in the modern world, plus a blue-print for executives interested in setting up business intelligence units in their own firms. This book is the result of long and careful studies and a willingness by its authors unblinkingly to face facts, whether pleasant or unpleasant, in depicting the course of American intelligence in both the private and public sectors. Chapters on: The New Magic; The Evolution of Intelligence; Elements of Strategy; Trade Secrets; Practice of Industrial Intelligence; Worldwide Industrial Espionage; Value of Private Intelligence; Ethics, and The Ultimate Dilemma. Includes Glossary of Espionage Terms, Uniform Trade Secret Acts, Chapter Notes, Select Bibliography, detailed index. From Studies of the Modern Corporation, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. 267 pages. Insured post.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.