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Re-theorizing External Learning: Insights from Economic and Industrial Espionage

Jason Ferdinand

The University of Liverpool, UK, j.m.ferdinand{at}liv.ac.uk

David Simm

Lancaster University, UK, d.simm{at}lancs.ac.uk

This article develops our understanding of external learning by drawing upon evidence of economic and industrial espionage. We draw attention to the normative assumption of authors in the field that organizational learning is necessarily an entirely legitimate activity. We demonstrate that contemporary debate could benefit from research exploring illegal forms of learning. Three vignettes capturing different aspects of economic and industrial espionage are presented to illustrate the limitations of our current conceptualizations of external learning and its ethical dimensions, and to provide a basis for a re-theorization. The article concludes with the presentation of an indicative model of external learning and some suggestions for a revised research agenda.

Key Words: economic espionage • external learning • industrial espionage • inter-organizational learning

Management Learning, Vol. 38, No. 3, 297-317 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1350507607079030
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