Study finds stronger trade secret protection leads firms to break down innovation silos

November 3, 2026 · 9:40 pm 1 sources

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• Study finds stronger trade secret protection leads firms to break down innovation silos
  Phys.org · November 3, 2026 21:40
  To guard proprietary know-how, many firms separate their inventors into independent groups so that no single employee sees too much of the organization's knowledge. New research published in Strategic Management Journal finds that when U.S. states strengthened trade secret law, high-tech firms…