4. Define a know-how development plan

Your know-how development plan is a set of actions or projects targeting the evolution of your assets. These actions can have the following types of objectives:

• safeguarding, formalizing and transferring (training, mentoring) existing know-how ;

• enhancement, promotion and communication;

• sharing and reusing know-how ;

• development through research and acquisitions (patent purchases, recruitment, etc.);

• defining a subcontracting "policy";

• setting up systems and organizations to drive the development of your know-how;

• implementation of support information systems.

The analysis of your know-how assets has enabled...