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Tomislav Đozić
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Economic espionage in primary forms existed since the time of ancient civilizations. Development of societes and economies have developed and method that are becoming increasingly sophisticated. In the world today exist numerous terms that are directly or indirectly associated with the area encompasses the notion of economic espionage. The fundamental division, that division between the two is reflected in whether their holders apply legal and/or illegal methods for easy concealment. Holders can be different from the intelligent structures, business companies backed by the state or political elite, to companies engaged in lawful business intelligence. There are numerous examples of cooperation between economic/business company and intelligence services in the field of information gathering economic nature. That is why it is difficult to determine the actual holders of economic espionage. In these activities from trivial ones (questions, send e-mails, specialization training etc.) to those involving sophisticated electronic surveillance and interceptions of various forms communications. Target areas of economic espionage are different and often depend on the level of technological development of a country. While weaker and middle-developed countries meet with older technolgy by obtaining them is also easier to get because of their lower level protection, the developed countries of the West are trying to get hold of the latest generation of leading-edge technologv. Especially interesting are the targets: dual-use technology, the fielsd of energy, communications, environmental, pharmaceutical, IT, chemical industry, and laser and nuclear technology. Adverse effects of economic espionage are measured in billions of U.S. dollars and euros and ultimately weaking of certain industries and national economies and reducing competitiveness in the global market.
Ključne riječi
economic espionage; conceptual diferences; method of operations; organizers of economic espionage; the objectives of economic espionage; intelligence agencies; commercial companies; economic interests adverse effects
Hrčak ID:
100731
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Datum izdavanja:
17.9.2012.
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