We've all seen movies with a little industrial espionage -- Company A
instructs one of its employees to get a job at
its top competitor, Company B, then steal its coveted business secrets.
Many companies have highly protected trade secrets or confidential business information that gives them some kind of an advantage in the marketplace.
Businesses in the manufacturing, industrial and commercial sectors are most likely
to have trade secrets, which can be anything from a recipe, formula or design to a device, piece
of software or general know-how. Then there are the trade secrets we know
little about, but are worth billions. A prime example is Google's proprietary search
algorithm, which helped it achieve dominance over the Internet.
Now let's take a look at 10 trade secrets, listed in no particular order -- that are worth a lot of money to
the people that own them. Back in 1938, a Philadelphia Athletics coach named Lena Blackburne began mixing various batches of mud
and water to create a substance that would dull the
surface of glossy new baseballs, making them easier to grip. |
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