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3. J.-C. Friedmann, D. Lavie, and L. Rademaker, “Does the Predator Become the Prey? Knowledge Spillover and Protection in Alliances,” Journal of Management, published online July 31, 2024.
4. For an analysis of how staffing decisions affect IP leakage, see N. Palomeras and D. Wehrheim, “The Strategic Allocation of Inventors to R&D Collaborations,” Strategic Management Journal 42, no. 1 (January 2021): 144-169.
5. For a discussion of the Renault-Nissan alliance, see R. Burgelman and S. Leslie, “The Renault-Nissan Alliance in 2008: Exploiting the Potential of a Novel Organizational Form,” Stanford Graduate School of Business case no. SM166 (Stanford, California: Stanford University, 2008).
6. B. Spillman, “It’s Big, Loud, and Secretive: We Got a Tour of Tesla’s Gigafactory and Here’s How It Works,” Reno Gazette-Journal, Dec. 10, 2018, www.rgj.com.
7. For a discussion of anti-reverse-engineering techniques, see D. Sharapov and S.C. MacAulay, “Design as an Isolating Mechanism for Capturing Value From Innovation: From Cloaks and Traps to Sabotage,” Academy of Management Review 47, no. 1 (January 2022): 139-161.
8. For insights into deliberate leaks, see D.R. Hannah, I.P. McCarthy, and J. Kietzmann, “We’re Leaking, and Everything’s Fine: How and Why Companies Deliberately Leak Secrets,” Business Horizons 58, no. 6 (November-December 2015): 659-667.
9. E. Hardy, “Apple Busts Major iOS 17 Leaker With Spycraft ‘Canary Trap,’” Cult of Mac, May 10, 2023, www.cultofmac.com.
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