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#R&D departments of companies that do not collaborate with any other R&D departments of other related companies | #R&D departments of companies that do not collaborate with any other R&D departments of other related companies | ||
#Not publishing any knowhow, development, or process information so that outsiders cannot examine or inspect work being done. This is just working in isolation. | #Not publishing any knowhow, development, or process information so that outsiders cannot examine or inspect work being done. This is just working in isolation. | ||
#Business models where lack of access to information is the foundation of a business model. | |||
[[Competitive Waste]] is an essential feature of scarcity economics | [[Competitive Waste]] is an essential feature of scarcity economics | ||
=About Information Products= | |||
From OSE's perspective, ethical information products are ones where value-added services cost money, while abundant information is given away for free. Value added can mean certification, hands-on-training, consulting, community, etc. | |||
Revision as of 16:37, 10 June 2020
Economics that are based on limiting competitors' access to information, knowhow, best practice, etc.
This may be implemented by:
- Patents
- Trade secrets
- Non-disclosure agreements
- Business models that rely on, assume, or enforce scarcity of essentially non-scarce resources
- R&D departments of companies that do not collaborate with any other R&D departments of other related companies
- Not publishing any knowhow, development, or process information so that outsiders cannot examine or inspect work being done. This is just working in isolation.
- Business models where lack of access to information is the foundation of a business model.
Competitive Waste is an essential feature of scarcity economics
About Information Products
From OSE's perspective, ethical information products are ones where value-added services cost money, while abundant information is given away for free. Value added can mean certification, hands-on-training, consulting, community, etc.